NEWS CENTER - Stating that the Yazidis have been resisting the October 9 Shengal Agreement for 2 years, Shengal Autonomous Board of Directors Co-Chair Azad Hisên said:"Since they did not implement this agreement in Shengal, they are attacking from the air."

 

Hundreds of Yazidis were killed in the attacks by ISIS in 2014, which the Yazidi community described as the 74th Massacre, and the women who were taken captive were sold in slave markets. The advance of ISIS was halted with the HPG's intervention in Shengal, which was besieged from four sides. The Yazidis, who formed their self-defense forces against ISIS, drove ISIS out of Shengal. The Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP), who then fled from Shengal this time against the Yazidis, who established their own assembly and formed their defense forces, signed the Shengal Agreement with the Iraqi Government on October 9, 2021, and wanted to commit genocide against the Yazidis once again. The Yazidis and other ethnic groups in Shengal, who opposed this agreement, which made the Yazidis weak, took to the streets to  condemnate against this decision.

 

Air and ground threats against the region were put into effect with this agreement signed between the KDP and the Iraqi Government with the support of the United Nations (UN) and Turkey,.

 

While a 250-kilometer-long, 3-meter-high and 75-centimeter-thick wall was built between Shengal and Northern and Eastern Syria by Iraqi forces, Turkey's aerial attacks on the region began with these developments. Since the signing of the agreement, Turkey has attacked Shengal 21 times with drones. 16 people were killed in the attacks. On the anniversary of the October 9 Shengal Agreement, Shengal Autonomous Executive Board Co-Chair Azad Hisên spoke to the Mesopotamia Agency (MA).

 

'RESISTANCE AGAINST THE AGREEMENT'

 

Stating that an agreement was signed for the massacre of the Yazidis community again, Hisên said: "The people who perpetrated the genocide of the Yazidis in 2014 and those who signed this agreement were the same people. That's why they needed an agreement. They formed such an alliance against the Yazidis. Turkey and some powers supported this alliance from behind the scenes. We joined the alliances. We are not against; however, this alliance was not in the interest of the Yazidis. This alliance was against society. The people who caused the massacre of the Yazidis wanted to massacre them again. There was peace between Rojava and Shengal. But they also wanted to destroy that peace with this alliance. All the articles of this agreement are to the detriment of the society. An alliance should not have been made without the approval of the Yazidis. No one should make an alliance over Shengal without the Shengals. The Yazidis shielded themselves to protect the lands of Iraq and Shengal. They still protect these lands. Therefore, the approval of the Shengalese must be obtained. The children and every Yazidis resisted this alliance and agreement in these 2 years. For this reason, they could not implement the October 9 agreement 100 percent in Shengal."

 

AIR ATTACKS AFTER THE AGREEMENT

 

Some of Turkey's airstrikes in the last 2 years after the October 9 agreement are as follows:

 

* On January 15, 2020, an airstrike was carried out on the village of Digure in Sinune District of Shengal.

 

* On August 26, 2020, the Xanesor district of Shengal was attacked by drones. Two people died in the attack.

 

* On November 8, 2020, TAF warplanes bombed the Barê village of Xanesor District of Shengal. One person died in the bombardment.

 

* On June 30, 2021, Turkish drone bombed the surroundings of Serdeşt Camp on Mount Şengal.

 

* On July 1, 2021, a drone targeted a civilian vehicle near Martyr Nazê Camp on Şengal Mountain. While the vehicle was slightly damaged, no casualties or injuries were reported in the attack.

 

* On August 16, 2021, 2 people lost their lives and 3 people were injured in the air attack on the Old Bazaar in the center of Shengal.

 

* On September 2, 2021, Turkish warplanes bombed the Barê village of Shengal.

 

* On December 7, 2021, an attack was carried out with a Turkish drone  against a vehicle in Xanesor district of Shengal. Shengal Governing Council Co-chair Merwan Bedel lost his life in the attack.

 

* On January 21, 2022, 2 YBŞ members lost their lives and 2 were injured in the attack carried out by Turkish drones in the Geliyê Şîlo Region of Shengal.

 

* On April 18, 2022, the Iraqi army attacked the checkpoints of Êzîdxan Asayish in the Digurê district of Shengal.

 

* On April 19, 2022, the Iraqi army attacked the YBŞ and YJŞ points in the Geliyê Şîlo and Sikêniye village areas.

 

* On May 2, 2022, a clash broke out between the Iraqi army forces who wanted to besiege Shengal and Êzîdxan Asayish.

 

* On June 15, 2022, drones Sinunê People's Assembly building and Sinunê Bazaar were targeted. In the attack, Xidir Şivan Naso and his grandson Salih Xidir Naso lost their lives. 6 people were seriously injured.

 

* On August 29, 2022, a Turkish drone attacked a vehicle in the village of Behreva in Shengal. 2 people were injured.

 

* On September 11, 2022, a vehicle was bombed twice by a Turkish drone in Behreva village of Xanesor town of Shengal. Sinunê town of Shengal was also bombed twice.

 

* On September 23, 2022, a drone attacked the center of Til Izer town of Shengal. A house was damaged in the bombardment.