Kurdish MPs on Afrin visit arrive in Rojava
ERBIL, Kurdistan Region – A delegation of Kurdish MPs whose objective is to visit the Kurdish canton of Afrin that has come under the Turkish offensive for the third week has arrived in Qamishli, a Kurdish city in Syrian Kurdistan or Rojava.
Abdulkarim Omar, the co-chair of the foreign relations of Jazira canton, among others, welcomed the Kurdish delegation who arrived in Qamishli on Saturday evening after they crossed Semalka entry point located on the Kurdistan Region-Rojava borders, ANHA, a media linked to the ruling party in Rojava reported.
He said that the Turkish state believed that they could achieve their objectives in a matter of days, but three weeks on, the Kurdish force is still in control of their territories.
He said the Turkish offensive has claimed the lives of many people, and destroyed houses and farms, but explained that the “price of freedom is blood.”
The delegation is to witness the latest developments in Afrin, northwestern Syria that has come under Turkish military incursion since January 20.
The purpose of the visit is to “be closely aware of the situation in Afrin,” Tariq Jawhar, a media advisor of the Kurdistan parliament, told Rudaw on Friday.
The delegation will also take medical supplies with them, provided by the KRG Health Ministry, he added.
The Kurdistan Region parliament discussed the situation in Afrin in a session on January 30.
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported 70 civilian deaths. Local Afrin health officials say the number of civilians killed is more than double that, 160.
Abdulkarim Omar, the co-chair of the foreign relations of Jazira canton, among others, welcomed the Kurdish delegation who arrived in Qamishli on Saturday evening after they crossed Semalka entry point located on the Kurdistan Region-Rojava borders, ANHA, a media linked to the ruling party in Rojava reported.
He said that the Turkish state believed that they could achieve their objectives in a matter of days, but three weeks on, the Kurdish force is still in control of their territories.
He said the Turkish offensive has claimed the lives of many people, and destroyed houses and farms, but explained that the “price of freedom is blood.”
The delegation is to witness the latest developments in Afrin, northwestern Syria that has come under Turkish military incursion since January 20.
The purpose of the visit is to “be closely aware of the situation in Afrin,” Tariq Jawhar, a media advisor of the Kurdistan parliament, told Rudaw on Friday.
The delegation will also take medical supplies with them, provided by the KRG Health Ministry, he added.
The Kurdistan Region parliament discussed the situation in Afrin in a session on January 30.
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported 70 civilian deaths. Local Afrin health officials say the number of civilians killed is more than double that, 160.