YPG General Command released a statement providing detailed information regarding the operations in Cizîrê Canton of West Kurdistan, Rojava.

The statement said that the operation launched on 21 February in order to liberate the towns of Til Hemis-Til Berak and surrounding rural areas has been completed successfully as had been planned. YPG said that the mentioned operation was actively participated by Kurdish, Arabic, Syriac, Assyrian components that make up the Cizîrê Canton population, friend organizations and asayesh forces in coordination with the anti-ISIS international coalition.

YPG General Command pointed out that all the counter attacks of the ISIS have been broken and the threat of ISIS on the region has been largely eliminated.

Remarking that Kurdish, Arabic, Syriac and Assyrian peoples have fought shoulder to shoulder against the ISIS gangs, the statement said; “The instigation that dark forces and powers wanted to create among the region's population has been defeated thanks to the sensitive approaches of the peoples and the resistance of components making up the YPG.”

YPG General Command underlined that with this operation, the YPG have once again proved itself as the defense force of the entire region which involves Arabs, Kurds, Christians, Assyrians and other groups. "The entire region's peoples and components, our Arab brothers in the first place, have actively supported this operation of ours. This active support has at the same time manifested the extend to which the common life project is being embraced."

Evaluating the accomplishment of the operation as the success of the together and equal living, YPG emphasised that; "At the bottom of the YPG's success lies the embracement and participation of our people and all components in the glorious resistance. No force and attack will be able to weaken the YPG as long as this support continues and all our components keep uniting around the YPG. This operation of ours has ended but our struggle against the ISIS terror will continue in a stronger way from now on."

Remarking that the joint struggle within the YPG also revealed the mosaic of the peoples explicitly, YPG General Command commemorated the martyrs who played a major role in the accomplishment of this operation.

The statement said; "Bagok Serhed (Ashley Kent Johnston) from Australia, Kemal (Konstandinos Erik Scurfield) of Greek origin and from Britain, Commander Baran Amara (Udey El Ubeyd) of Arab origin who has been fighting long in the YPG ranks since his whole family was massacred by ISIS, Dawid Cindo Anter, the commander of Assyrian forces fighting against ISIS attacks in Til Temir, and MLKP fighter Avaşin Tekoşin Güneş (Ivanna Hoffman) of African origin and from Germany, will be living in our struggle as the leading commanders of our peoples."

Once again commemorating all the fallen fighters with respect and gratefulness, YPG General Command extend their thanks to all the forces and circles that contributed to this achievement.

The statement ended by underlining that; "We believe that the path taken by the YPG will be the enlightened path of the Democratic Syria Revolution.