The past two days have seen the continuation and intensification of the Turkish military campaign against the people of Northern Syria. Airstrikes have hit military and civil institutions and villages along the border with Turkey have been shelled. The death toll is reaching 100 people. Despite destroying two Turkish tanks the defence forces are massively outgunned.
A state of high alert has been called. In the cities many of the public offices are closed, the patients in the hospitals have been moved as they are potential targets, life goes on but people are watching the skies nervously. The morning after the air strikes on Xaraco over 3000 people of all ages and from all ethnic groups climbed a mountain to bear witness to the latest Turkish attack. In front of an American military representative YPJ spokeswoman Nisreen Abdullah demanded meaningful action from the international community and threatened the immediate cessation of operations against ISIS in Raqqa if this was not forthcoming.
The defence forces in Rojava are calling for a social media campaign to help them. It's not much but it helps to place pressure on Turkey and the governments who are happy to talk big about fighting ISIS but unwilling to support those fighting and dying to defeat them and replace their rule with one based on democracy, tolerance, and feminism. The hashtag is #noflyzone4rojava
