Clashes in Serêkaniyê in West Kurdistan - FLASH
Clashes in Serêkaniyê in West Kurdistan - FLASH
Two armed groups affiliated to Free Syrian Army have once again attacked the people in the city of Serêkaniyê in West Kurdistan on Monday, killing City Council President Abid Xelil and one young demonstrator. The groups were pushed out of the city following an intervention by People’s Defense Units (YPG) forces. Clashes are reported to be continuing in some areas.
According to reports received, armed groups tried to prevent the march organized in the city by High Kurdish Council which was established last July.
Two armed groups, named El Sam and Nasra, opened fire to City Council President Abid Xelil and a group of Kurdish security forces who asked them to give way to the march. Abid Xelil and a youngster died, three members of Kurdish security forces were wounded in the attack which was immediately responded by YPG forces.
Thousands of people from Dirbesiyê, Qamiþlo and Amude are currently making their way to the city where many members of the armed groups are reported to have been killed in clashes with YPG forces.
Speaking about the incident, Kurdish Democratic Union Party (PYD) Council Member Dr. Ciwan Mistefa said that the armed groups had said they wouldn’t allow entrance into the city of Serêkaniyê.
Since hundreds of members of Free Syrian Army entered the city over Turkey on 8 November, the city has been bombed several times by forces of the Syrian regime, killing at least ten civilians and wounding around 70 others in the last one week. Around 50 houses were demolished in the attacks which forced eleven thousand people migrate from the region.
A number of separate armed groups have appeared in Syria where the fight against Assad regime generally goes under the name of 'Free Syrian Army'. There isn’t an obvious true coordination among these armed groups which are active in many areas including villages. Supported by Saudi Arabia, Qatar and Turkey, these groups aim to increase their activity in the region.
Regional states and alliances in the Middle East, Turkey in particular, have recently been resorting to threats, attacks and contra-activities to prevent and suppress the Kurdish struggle for freedom and its recent achievements in the region where they have taken power in a number of cities.
According to reports received, armed groups tried to prevent the march organized in the city by High Kurdish Council which was established last July.
Two armed groups, named El Sam and Nasra, opened fire to City Council President Abid Xelil and a group of Kurdish security forces who asked them to give way to the march. Abid Xelil and a youngster died, three members of Kurdish security forces were wounded in the attack which was immediately responded by YPG forces.
Thousands of people from Dirbesiyê, Qamiþlo and Amude are currently making their way to the city where many members of the armed groups are reported to have been killed in clashes with YPG forces.
Speaking about the incident, Kurdish Democratic Union Party (PYD) Council Member Dr. Ciwan Mistefa said that the armed groups had said they wouldn’t allow entrance into the city of Serêkaniyê.
Since hundreds of members of Free Syrian Army entered the city over Turkey on 8 November, the city has been bombed several times by forces of the Syrian regime, killing at least ten civilians and wounding around 70 others in the last one week. Around 50 houses were demolished in the attacks which forced eleven thousand people migrate from the region.
A number of separate armed groups have appeared in Syria where the fight against Assad regime generally goes under the name of 'Free Syrian Army'. There isn’t an obvious true coordination among these armed groups which are active in many areas including villages. Supported by Saudi Arabia, Qatar and Turkey, these groups aim to increase their activity in the region.
Regional states and alliances in the Middle East, Turkey in particular, have recently been resorting to threats, attacks and contra-activities to prevent and suppress the Kurdish struggle for freedom and its recent achievements in the region where they have taken power in a number of cities.
