Friday, November 25, 2022

Fear reigns in northeast Syria as Turkey threatens invasion - interview

Turkey has claimed it is carrying out attacks on “terrorists” in northeast Syria, but the people affected are civilians as well as Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), a partner force of the US currently in the fight against ISIS.

According to David Eubank, founder of the Free Burma Rangers (FBR), a Christian multi-ethnic humanitarian movement, the strikes hit a number of towns and villages. Eubank has documented the destruction wrought by the airstrikes and reported on the ground.

One man was documented in a video saying that the people are being terrorized by the attacks, including a strike on a power station. “We heard the sounds of drones and then sound of rockets and like a bomb. We couldn’t know [at the time] what this attack was but immediately the electricity was cut off and we ran away.”

The Turkish bombardment in northeast Syria

People living in northeast Syria have been under bombardment for the last few days. At around midnight on Saturday night, Turkey launched airstrikes using jets, drones and artillery into the region.

The people living in this region represent different religious and ethnic groups – Muslims, Christians, agnostics, Yazidis, Kurds, Arabs among others – who according to Eubank, want it to be a place where they can live in freedom. READ MORE