Kurdish parties and political organizations in Syria called on the Arab League to intervene and deter Turkish attacks against Syrian territories.
The Syrian Democratic Council, the political wing of the Kurdish Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), strongly condemned the “Turkish aggression” on regions in northeastern Syria.
In a statement on Friday, it said Turkish fighter jets and drones carried out a series of attacks “with unprecedented hostility” on energy and vital installations.
Türkiye has said it was carrying out strike on northern and northeastern Syrian in retaliation to an attack in its capital Ankara on Sunday that was claimed by the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK).
Prominent Kurdish official in northeastern Syria Fawza Youssef described the Turkish attacks as a war crime and flagrant violation of United Nations treaties.
It held the Syrian government responsible for protecting state borders and its airspace from Turkish attacks.
The foreign relations department at the Kurdish autonomous administration that runs northeastern Syria called on the international community, United States and Russia to take “clear and honest” stances, otherwise Türkiye's actions will create “chaos and catastrophic crises.”
In the past 48 hours, Turkish drones struck 52 military and civilian locations in northeastern Syria, including 19 infrastructure structures, 22 residential buildings, and eleven military positions.
They also targeted five locations that are held by Syrian troops.
Seven members of the military and four civilians have been killed.
Turkish drones also struck 19 positions in Qamishli city in Hasakeh, 12 locations in Hasakeh, three in Ain Arab city in the Aleppo countryside and 14 in the al-Shahbaa regions in the northern Aleppo countryside.
Youssef told Asharq Al-Awsat that the Turkish attacks are a “continuation of the genocide against the Kurds and peoples of the region.”
She added that the attacks are aimed a displacing the people and emptying them of their original residents “in order to achieve Türkiye’s expansionist ambitions.”
Ankara has stressed that its attacks are strictly targeting terrorist Kurdish organizations that are active in the region.
