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BREAK YOUR SILENCE!

The World Cannot Become Numb To The Killing Of Children By

Turkish Regime In Afrin-North Syria

In the Turkish war against Kurds, children continue to be the

hardest hit by unprecedented destruction, displacement and death.

They have lost lives, homes and childhoods.

#NoFlyZone4Afrin

Enough is Enough!

INFORMATION FILE ABOUT TURKEY’s WAR CRIME AND CRIMES

AGAINST HUMANITY IN #AFRIN

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TURKISH ARMY COMMITS A HORRIFIC MASSACRE AGAINS KURDS

Turkish forces surround Kurdish enclave in northern Syria – map

The successive Turkish governments, with all its military forces and armed with the most modern

weapons, have tried, for decades, to eliminate the Kurdish people, but to no avail. The war that has

just started against the Kurds, which will soon expand under various pretexts, proves this point.

Afrin, which hosts thousands of refugees and IDPs who fled the terror of Al Nusra Front and Daesh,

is now under heavy attack by the Turkish army. The Turkish President, Recep Tayyip Erdogan began

his military operation, called the “Olive Branch” against the Kurds in Syria.

Turkey, which has long been the first and foremost supporter of Islamist opposition groups, especially

Al Nusra Front and Daesh, has spared no effort to suppress the Kurds.

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Kobani is still in memory as Turkey facilitated the entry of Daesh to Kobani for three years and gave

it full support to carry out the most terrible massacres against innocent civilians. Following its failure

in Kobani, Turkey has started to spread its hatred in Afrin in an attempt to get rid of the Kurds.

The resistance in Afrin is the resistance of the era, against the Turkish army, which acts on the orders

of the Justice and Development Party (AKP) and its leader Erdogan, the supporter of terrorism in

Syria. Erdogan took advantage of the situation in Idlib and used it as a bargaining chip with the Syrian

regime and Russia. Now, Turkey uses F-16 to bomb Afrin.

Turkey’s aircrafts have killed the refugee children and IDPs who moved to Afrin seeking security and

safety. Turkey also shelled the area of Jindirs and committed a massacre against innocent civilians.

Turkey is fighting the children and women of Afrin. The Turkish army has stepped up its brutality

towards our peaceful people in Afrin, using all kinds of weapons in indiscriminate bombardment on

our villages and cities. During the morning hours of 23/01/2018 many civilians were killed in Jindirs,

as a result of Turkish brutal attack on the city. This attack was not different from previous attacks on

the city by Al Nusra Front and Daesh in the past.

While the Turkish state and its media claim that they do not target innocent civilians during their

operation in Afrin, numerous media reports have shown photographic and video footages of the

Turkish bombings and the killings of dozens of civilians, including a number of children.

The outcome of the Turkish aggression on Afrin until 27/01/2018 can be summarised:

➢ 86 civilians have been killed.

➢ 198 people have been wounded.

The wounded people during the first 4 days:

1- Ismail Al Hussain (9 years).

2- Fadi Al Hussain (10 years).

3- Abdelsatar Janko (28 years).

4- Mohamed Abdo Janko (27 years).

5- Ismail Mohamed Ibrahim (12 years).

6- Fadi Mohamed Abdo (10 years).

7- Hamid Batal (30 years).

8- Khaled Abdelqadir (46 years).

9- Hassan Ibrahim (2 years).

10- Hamida Ibrahim (3 years).

11- Faiza Bader Al Hassan (24 years).

12- Dariana Mohamed Saido.

13- Hiba Akram (13 years).

14- There is also an unknown civilian aged 30.

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Only in two villages, Miriamin in the Shera area, Diwa in the Jindirs area the total number of civilian

casualties has risen to 9 martyrs, while the number of the wounded has risen to 26.

The military operation launched by the Turkish fascist regime against the

civilian people in Afrin region continues for the ninth day in a row.

The name of civilians killed

Full Name Age Place of Martyrdom Date of Martyrdom

Yahya Ahmed Hamada 11 Trenda – IDP from Aleppo 20/01/2018

Rahaf Al Hussain 33 Jilbera – Al Madjina massacre 21/01/2018

Wael Al Hussain 1 Jilbera – Al Madjina massacre 21/01/2018

Hadil Al Hussain 10 Jilbera – Al Madjina massacre 21/01/2018

Ghaliya Al Hussain 8 Jilbera – Al Madjina massacre 21/01/2018

Salama Al Hussain 6 Jilbera – Al Madjina massacre 21/01/2018

Mousab Al Hussain 6 Jilbera – Al Madjina massacre 21/01/2018

Ahmed Al Hussian 17 Jilbera – Al Madjina massacre 21/01/2018

Unknown 30 Jilbera – Al Madjina massacre 21/01/2018

Mohamed Khalil Bakir 10 Altanio - Rajo 22/01/2018

Unknown (disabled) 35 Adamo - Adamo 22/01/2018

Sawsan Jamil 35 Tel Salawr 22/01/2018

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Almaza Sheikh Horo 50 Jindiris 23/01/2018

Unknown child 14 Jindiris 23/01/2018

Unknown 19 Jindiris 23/01/2018

Unknown woman 55 Jindiris 23/01/2018

Kanjo Kanjo 60 Majblet Trenda 20/01/2018

The names of the wounded civilians

Full Name and Age Place Diagnosis Date

Ahmed Sabri Kandi - 45 Hamam Spinal injury. 23/01/2018

Asia Sheikh Murad - 70 Sheia Head injury. 23/01/2018

Rasheed Daowd Isso 71 Belbel Face, back and abdomen

injuries.

23/01/2018

Zayneb Hamkalino – 40 Ma’amel

Aoshagi

Accident. Hit by a shell. 23/01/2018

Hussain Hassan Hamkalino -

16

Ma’amel

Aoshagi

Accident. Hit by a shell. 23/01/2018

Farida Koleen - 56 Sheia Shell fragment in the

abdomen.

23/01/2018

Hassan Hussain Mohamed - 59 Jindiris Face injury. 23/01/2018

Mohamed Rasheed Hassan - 40 Jindiris Neck and abdomen

injury.

23/01/2018

Moustafa Abou Hamo - 12 Jindiris Lower limb injury. 23/01/2018

Basema Mohamed Ba’ajo - 32 Jindiris Lower limb injury. 23/01/2018

Aya Nabo - 7 Jindiris Abdominal injury. 23/01/2018

Jankiz Ahmed Khalil - 20 Maydan

Akbes

Abdominal injury. 23/01/2018

Shamsa Mousa - 75 Rajo Multiple fractions. 23/01/2018

Waleed Kons - 18 Rajo Arrived dead. 23/01/2018

Hanifa Kons - 35 Rajo Left foot injury. 23/01/2018

Mustafa Mohamed Khalof - 12 Jandiris Lower limb injury. 23/01/2018

Ibrahim Mohamed Al Hussain -

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Mariamin Limbs injury. 21/01/2018

Bader Al Hussain – 24 Mariamin Spinal injury. 21/01/2018

Hamida Ibrahim Al Hussain - 3 Mariamin Head injury. 21/01/2018

Hassan Ibrahim Al Hassan - 2 Mariamin Head injury. 21/01/2018

Khaled Mohamed Ali

Abdelqadir - 46

Mariamin Back of head injury. 21/01/2018

Hamid Battal - 30 Faqeero Head and face injuries. 21/01/2018

Unknown Matahan

Al Faisal

Facial fracture, right

frontal fracture and right

leg fracture.

21/01/2018

Fadi Mohamed Aid - 10 Mariamin Head and thigh injury. 21/01/2018

Ismaeel Mohamed Ibrahim - 12 Mariamin Pelvis injury. 21/01/2018

Jumaa Mohamed Al Hussain -

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Mariamin 21/01/2018

Kefah Al Moussa Al A’amer -

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Mariamin Broken ribs. 21/01/2018

Unknown - 2 Ain Al

Hajer

Eye injury and facial

burn

21/01/2018

Heba Akram Othman – 13 Aadamo Arm injury 21/01/2018

Darian Mohamed Saydo - 19 Aadamo Chest and ankle injury 21/01/2018

Mohamed Abdo Kanjo - 27 Kafar Bruises. 21/01/2018

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Hamra

Abdelqadir Kanjo - 28 Kafar

Hamra

Bruises. 21/01/2018

Fahed Ahmed Al Ahmad - 39 Trenda

Idlib

Leg injury 20/01/2018

Kanjo Kanjo Al Ali - 60 Dead- head injury 20/01/2018

Yahya Ahmed Hamada - 9 Trenda

(Aleppo)

Dead – open abdomen. 20/01/2018

Khaled Hamada - 11 Trenda

(Aleppo)

Open abdomen. 20/01/2018

Hamada Mohamed Ali - 32 Bashmara Back and shoulder

injuries.

20/01/2018

A’amar Al Barj - 19 Spinal injury 20/01/2018

Za’aeem Osso – 19 Back of ear injury 20/01/2018

Ibrahim Khalil - 45 Leg injury 20/01/2018

Not only Kurds even Armenians and Arabs are targeted by the Turkish Army

An Armenian family that fled the massacres of exterminating the Armenians by the Turks 100 years

ago and found security and stability in Afrin canton was attacked by the Turkish military that

followed them even in Afrin to be the victims of the bombing of the Turkish warplanes in the centre

of Rajo district.

On January 24 at night, the Turkish occupation’s warplanes bombed Rajo area, and killed a young

man, named Rosher Konis, and injured his mother Shamsa Konis who is 57, while his sister Hanifa

Konis, 25, her leg was amputated. They are an Armenian family.

The family’s relative, Hartyon Kivork said, “Their ancestors fled the oppression of the Turkish

authorities nearly 100 years ago as a result of the massacres committed by the Turks against the

Armenians so that they headed towards Afrin to live in peace among their Kurdish brothers and all

other peoples and sects living in the area.”

Hartyon Kivork added, “But the Turkish occupation army has resumed its massacres which do not

differentiate between people and stones to commit new massacres against all peoples in Afrin to

leave our Armenian family as a victim of the Turkish crimes again while we used to live in

harmony in our homes to be attacked again by the Turkish state.”

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The Turkish army also committed a horrific massacre in Haj Khalil village after targeting the village

on 28/01/2018. Dozens of civilians have been killed and many others have been wounded. Similarly,

a Turkish warplane targeted Balbala area this morning (28/01/2018), killing and injuring dozens of

innocent civilians.

TURKISH CRIMES AGAINST CULTURAL HERITAGE

Turkey not satisfied with killing civilians on a day basis, they have now started erasing what is left of

the history of ancient populations in Rojava. Turkey is committing crimes against cultural heritage- Ain Dara Hittite temple complex.

BEFORE AFTER

Even mosques have been bombed by the Turkish army.

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After the First World War between 1919 and 1920, the Turkish authorities committed genocide and

massacres against the Armenian people, and forcibly deported them from their lands.

Today they are committing the same against the Kurds

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LINK OF THE PICTURES AND VIDEOS PUBLISHED IN THIS FILE:

Pictures:

https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1pW8L_UyXt_f8jw3iNHKm3lWAGAPxUVdV?usp=sharing

Videos:

https://youtu.be/1i8RhX2Y5fs - Civilian Victims in Afrin

https://youtu.be/sxi0jhOKmKY - Refugees in Afrin

https://youtu.be/_9izLApDhGI - Heritage destroyed in Afrin