Washington Kurdish Institute
October 17, 2019
After hundreds of civilian causalities since the beginning of the Turkish invasion into the Kurdish region of Syria, the Kurdish Red Cross (Heyva Sor) released an urgent appeal asking THE International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC).
The Statement:
Urgent Appeal to the ICRC
There is a strong attack on towns and cities of North-East Syria, especially Ras al Ayn city. This is the most ferocious attack by Turkish military forces and allied Syrian militias.
The city is suffering shelling, artillery, airstrikes and ground incursions with tanks and heavy weapons. This has led to many civilian injures, and since our medical teams have been targeted we are unable to enter the city to rescue the causalities.
We are requesting that you respond to this appeal and intervene according to humanitarian duties in order to bring an end to the airstrikes and ensure our permission for the evacuation of civilian injuries.
Otherwise, we cal on your tired intervention into the city. Without either intervention, we will experience a full humanitarian disaster and lose of hundreds of civilian lives.
Kurdish Red Cross
10-17-2019
Qamishili-12:33pm