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HEADLINE: Turkey’s Assassination of Kurdish Female Commander Prompts Protests in Northwest Syria
TEASER: Hundreds of Syrian civilians who fled their homes in Afrin in January 2018 due to the Turkish incursion held a protest in Shehba IDP camp against the recent killing of a Kurdish female commander by Turkey and its threats of a new military expansion in northern Syria.
PUBLISHED AT: 8/3/2022 at 8:50AM
BYLINE: Newroz Resho
CONTRIBUTOR:
DATELINE: Shahba Camp, Northwest Syria
VIDEOGRAPHER: Newroz Resho
VIDEO EDITOR:
SCRIPT EDITORS: KE; MY
VIDEO SOURCE (S): VOA Original | VOA Kurdish Service
PLATFORMS (mark with X): WEB __ TV _x_ RADIO __
TRT: 2:46
VID APPROVED BY: MCY
TYPE: TVPKG
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[[On Monday, displaced Afrin civilians from Syria’s northwestern camp of Shehba protested Turkey’s continued threats to begin a new offensive in northern Syria. For VOA, Newroz Resho filed this report narrated by Ozlem Yasak]]
((NARRATOR))
Hundreds of displaced civilians from Syria’s northwestern camp of Shehba on Monday (8/1/2022) denounced continued signs of a new Turkish offensive in northern Syria.
The demonstrators denounced Turkish President Recep Erdogan, and mourned the death of Salwa Yusuk, the renowned deputy commander of US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces or SDF.
Yusuk was killed along with two other SDF fighters on July 22nd in a suspected Turkish drone attack near Qamishli city.
((Zeyneb Husen, Demonstrator (Female-Kurdish)
“What does Erdogan want from us? He made us displaced and now attacks us again, kills civilians, kills women, kills children and fires mortars at us. Where should we go?”
((NARRATOR))
The demonstration was led by the women's organization Kongra Star, a confederation of women's organizations in northern Syria.
The protesters are originally from the Kurdish city of Afrin in northwest Syria and fled their homes in January 2018 due to a Turkish incursion.
((Rahima Habash, Demonstrator)) (Female-Kurdish)
“Ever since the day we were compelled to leave Afrin and come to Shehba; Turkey does not leave us alone, even we have been forcibly displaced.”
((NARRATOR))
The protesters denounced what they called a global silence on Turkey’s actions in Syria. They said the UN should declare northern Syria a no-fly zone to ensure peace and stability for the diverse people of the region.
((Mohammed Rashid Ali, Demonstrator Male-Kurdish)
“Arab, Armenian, Christian, all formations living in Syria should be united and organized; they should stand against the Turkish invasion. Turkey will not achieve anything.”
((NARRATOR))
The U.S. has repeatedly urged the Erdogan government to avoid any new offensive in Northern Syria, saying it will destabilize the region and put U.S. troops at risk.
((For Newroz Resho in Northwest Syria, Ozlem Yasak, VOA News))
NewsML Media TopicsArts, Culture, Entertainment and Media
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Location (dateline)Shahba Camp, Northwest Syria
BylineNewroz Resho
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