Turkey Attacks Iraqi Home of the Yazidis, site of ISIS 2014 Genocide.
 
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Tendance Coatesy, 15 June 2020:

Yazidi Exile Council of Sinjar calls to “stop Turkish attacks”

Survivors of the ISIS genocide in Shengal were among the targets of the Turkish state that carried out a massive aerial bombardment on several locations in South Kurdistan tonight.

As part of its genocidal all-out war against the Kurdish people in various parts of Kurdistan, the Turkish state has launched a wave of large-scale air raids in southern Kurdistan, northern Iraq tonight.

20 fighter jets of the Turkish army are reported to have conducted the massive campaign which started at around 00:00 local time. The strikes targeted several positions in the regions of Qandil, Maxmur and Shengal (Sinjar), including a refugee camp and hospital.

This is a heart-rending call:

The Yazidi Exile Council of Sinjar (Shengal) released a statement and asked: “What use did it have to end ISIS if Turkey is allowed to kill us anyway?”

The statement of the Yazidi Exile Council of Sinjar (MŞD) reads as follows:

“Today, 15 June, 2020, Turkey again bombed Sinjar, Iraq in a targeted and intended strike against the Yazidis. In one night Turkey bombed the survivors of a genocide 8 times. It is likely that a hospital was deliberately hit.

How many of our people is Turkey allowed to kill before this finally ends? Will the US and EU Members stop Turkey killing us? What use did it have to end ISIS if Turkey is allowed to kill us anyway? Why was all the money spent on defeating IS if Turkey is allowed to do the same now?

It is well known that the Yazidi religious community is the oldest religion in Mesopotamia. The Islamic State attacked the Yazidi religious community on August 3, 2014, and a cruel genocide was carried out. After this genocide, we Yazidis decided to found our own self-governing forces and fight against IS. Since we received no help at the beginning and afterwards and were left defenseless to the IS by the local armed forces. We then founded YBŞ, the self-governing armed forces of Sinjar, on January 14, 2015. To date and during the liberation of Sinjar, we have lost hundreds of Yazidi men and women in the fight against IS.

Even after that, we received no support from the United States, the United Nations or the European Community in any way for the reconstruction or the further fight against IS. Since the liberation from the IS terrorists, the Turkish state has repeatedly attacked the region in and around Sinjar. Since October 2019, simultaneously with the invasion of the Turkish state in North-East Syria, the Turkish state has bombed the region of Sinjar five times before today. Several Yazidi self-governing militants were killed in these previous attacks by the Turkish state.

We however refuse to become Turkish proxies! That is why Turkey bombs us and calls us ‘PKK’. The US confirmed officially that the PKK left Sinjar. The YBŞ is part of the Iraqi army. All the world knows that Erdogan is a dictator who calls everyone ‘PKK’ or ‘terrorist’ and who says ‘no’ to Erdogan. We continue even now to say ‘no’ to Erdogan. We will not become his subjects under his control.

The Turkish state repeatedly attacks the Sinjar region and bombs the YBŞ positions. Based on these facts, there is no doubt that the Turkish government wants to continue the genocide of the Yazidi religion and empty the Sinjar region. Turkey wants to force all ethnicities and religious groups to become its proxies and servants. We refuse that and that is why Turkey decided to wipe us out.

We appeal once again to the United States, which controls Iraqi airspace, to stop Turkey from attacking the Yazidis. In the five previous Turkish attacks since October 2019, many civilians have already been killed and injured. The Yazidis pose no threat to Turkey. Nevertheless, the Yazidis are exposed to the attacks of the Turkish state without protection. It is incomprehensible to us Yazidis why the international public silently accepts the attacks by the Turkish state and does not stop their NATO partner in his violations of human rights.

We call on the United States to close Northern Iraqi airspace, particularly around the Sinjar region, with immediate effect for the Turkish state to stop Turkish air strikes. We expect a written confirmation of this measure. And we emphasize again that we are not a threat to Turkey, nor to any other country or religion. There is simply no justification for this Turkish aggression against us!”

Giran Ozcan@GiranOzcan

The #Turkish Defence Minister, Hulusi Akar, seen here in this picture is celebrating bombs being dropped on #Kurds tonight. Yes, really!

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Turkey carries out airstrikes against Yazidi areas of Iraq’s Sinjar

The Jerusalem Post reports,

Turkey launched waves of airstrikes against what it claimed were Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) elements in northern Iraq. The airstrikes shook mount Sinjar, an area that is home to the Yazidi minority and where ISIS carried out a genocide against Yazidis in 2014.

The area has been unable to recover because of constant threat of Turkey’s airstrikes and the presence of armed groups, militias and checkpoints. The PKK and its affiliates fought ISIS near Sinjar in 2014 and although Turkey labels the PKK a “terrorist organization,” affiliates of the PKK in Sinjar never carried out any attacks on Turkey.

Kamran Matin@KamranMatin

Among places Turkey heavily bombed last night were #Sinjar, home region of #Yazidis whom #ISIS subjected to genocide, & #Maxmur, a #UN recognised camp for #Kurdish refugees who fled Turkey in 1990s after their villages were obliterated by Turkish army.

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mjb@_____mjb

Never forget that Turkey has bombed Sinjar more now that it is controlled by Yezidis who are responsible for their own security than they ever did when ISIS was committing genocide there. https://twitter.com/murad_ismael/status/1272278687656927232 …

Murad Ismael@murad_ismael

Urgent: Heavy Turkish bombardment ongoing on Sinjar Mountain for more than 20 minutes, including targeting of “Chilmera”, the highest peak of Mount.Sinjar and at other locations. Iraqi army and YBS units are present at Chilmera. This is a developing situation.

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Stop Turkey’s Racist War on Kurds!
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The two legs of HDP’s Democracy March are being blocked by the racist Turkish state. Erdine march attacked, at least 9 people detained while in Hakkari police have blocked the way in a atmosphere of total repression. Meanwhile Turkey continues bombing Kurds.  #KurdsCannotBreath
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The genociders are beginning to face justice:

Nadia Murad@NadiaMuradBasee

Thank you to Germany for setting an important precedent in accountability by being the first country to try #ISIS perpetrators for their crimes against #Yazidis. I hope to see similar trials conducted in the rest of Europe, the US, & the rest of the world. https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/04/iraqi-isil-suspect-accused-yazidi-genocide-trial-germany-200424133532446.html …

Iraqi ISIL suspect accused of Yazidi genocide on trial in Germany
Man, 27, accused of genocide, murdering child by allowing her to die of thirst, crimes against humanity and trafficking.

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