Dijwar Feqîr, a commander for Shengal's Resistance Units (YBŞ) commented on the Turkish state's attacks on Shengal and Rojava for Rojnews.

According to Feqîr, the Turkish attack targeted not PKK but the Êzîdî people and all Kurdish people.

Regarding the KDP government's claim that YBŞ knew beforehand about the Turkish airstrike, Feqîr said: "KDP should make their policy clear instead of blaming us as this policy is not acceptable at all. It is the KDP that is in sustained cooperation with the Turks."

Remarking that the Turkish state's animosity toward Êzidîs is not new as Turkey attacked them in the past too, YBŞ Commander said: "Turkey tried to accomplish a result together with ISIS gangs in 2014, but they failed. Again, they made the gangs they had organized together with KDP attack Khanasor on March 3, 2017 but they failed once again."

Pointing to the shared mentality of the AKP and ISIS, Feqîr said: "The savagery of Erdoğan is unnameable. He wants to become like Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi and invade everywhere. He has the same mentality with ISIS, and Erdoğan is equal to ISIS. It is just they are in a different color.

Feqîr stressed that Êzîdîs have paid a price as they protected themselves against massacres throughout their history, and that this will not change in the future.

YBŞ Commander pointed out that attacks against the Êzîdî people will not succeed, saying; "Erdoğan will never succeed, neither his collaborator KDP government. They should not fool themselves. KDP should know that Erdoğan will treat any Kurd anywhere as an enemy. Shamelessly, KDP says that 'YBŞ had knowledge of the attack', although Erdoğan himself stated that KDP had knowledge of the attack. Still, KDP hid this from the Êzîdî people and thus attempted against the Êzîdî people's lives. Instead of giving an account of this betrayal, they are blaming us although they themselves are in it. KDP should explain how it stabbed the Êzîdî people in the back every time rather than incriminating the YBŞ that paid a heavy price for these lands.

Feqîr pointed out that: "We will resist and respond to all that attack our people, faith and land. YBŞ will exist even if one single Êzidî remains alive in Shengal mountains."

YBŞ commander ended with the following call to the people of Southern Kurdistan; "They should see the true face of KDP and not remain silent. They have voiced their reaction but they should enhance this. Today is the day to unite against attacks. We call on all our people to enhance the struggle against these attacks."