The Resistance of the Age waged under the lead of YPG/YPJ fighters against the invasion attempt by the Turkish state and their gangs derived from ISIS and Al Nusra continues on day 22. YPJ Afrin Commander Zozan Kobanê spoke to the ANF about the Resistance of the Age and, stating that the Turkish state has failed to advance in the face of the fighters’ resistance and resorted to massacring civilians, said: “We promise that every murdered civilian and every comrade will be avenged.”

YPJ Commander Zozan Kobanê stated that the Turkish state and their allied gangs can never achieve results in their invasion against Kurds launched in Afrin: “In the past 21 days, there has been a great war. The fascist Turkish state and their allied Al Nusra, Al Qaeda, Sultan Murad and various other gangs are fighting against the people of Afrin, the Kurdish people. In better phrasing, the Turkish state is making these forces fight the Kurds. And this is part of the AKP government’s policies.”

“THEY WANT TO ACHIEVE RESULTS THROUGH CIVILIAN MASSACRES”

Kobanê said the Turkish state has failed to achieve results despite their latest technology weapons, and stressed that they are trying to achieve results through civilian massacres: “The Turkish state and army, despite their latest technology weapons, can’t break the resistance in Afrin and can’t advance on land. They are using the heaviest weapons against Afrin, and they are trying to advance by pushing the gangs forth first. They are trying to achieve results with fighter jets, scouting planes, tanks, mortars and heavy weapons, but when they still fail, they try again through civilian massacres.”

AFRIN’S MESSAGE: WE OWN THESE LANDS

Kobanê said the people of Afrin have put forth that they do not accept the invasion with their 21 days of resistance and continued: “The Turkish state tries to create a cover for their invasion by the ‘There are terrorists in Afrin’ narrative, but there are only the people, the YPG/YPJ forces, self defense forces and popular forces in Afrin. The people and the people’s self defense forces are exercising their legitimate right to resist the Turkish state invasion, defending themselves. The people have risen up against the invasion and are resisting. Our heroic men and women fight shoulder to shoulder with YPG/YPJ fighters. The people of Afrin are giving a message to the world: “We are Kurds, this is Afrin, the Turkish state and their gangs can’t enter here. The Turkish state wants to push the people of Afrin away, but the people say we are here and we own these lands.”

“WE WILL DEFEAT THE TURKISH STATE”

Zozan Kobanê stressed that the defeat ISIS experienced in Kobanê will be experienced by Erdoğan in Afrin and said: “In the past 21 days, our YPG/YPJ fighters have dealt heavy blows against the Turkish state and their gangs, but the fascist Turkish state is hiding their casualties. There is a very dirty war waged through the media. They are inverting all the facts. But we will continue to hit them. As the YPJ, like we resisted in Kobanê with the spirit of Arin, we will resist in Afrin with the spirits of Awesta and Barîn, and defeat the Turkish state.”

PROMISE FOR VENGEANCE TO THE PEOPLE OF AFRIN

Zozan Kobanê concluded with: “We promise once again to our people that we will avenge every civilian whose blood was spilled and every YPJ fighter whose body was exposed. The Turkish state should know that we will all become Awestas and Barîns, and avenge them. We will avenge every massacred citizen. We will resist, and we will prevail.”