YBŞ commander: The Yazidi people are resisting
ANF/BOTAN GULAN/GELİ WAN* - SINJAR 05.01.2015 13:00:13
Sinjar Resistance Units (YBŞ) commander Zerdeşt Şengali called on all Yazidis (Ezidi) to support the YBŞ, adding that the stronger the force became the better it would be for the Yazidis and for Kurdistan.
Şengali told ANF that when ISIS gangs had taken Mosul in June 2014 the Yazidi people had realised Sinjar would be targeted because of its religious, historical and geographical importance. He added: “We called on political and military circles in Kurdistan to review the security situation in Sinjar, but I’m afraid to say that our brothers in the KDP and peshmerga did not allow any other military or political force in Sinjar until the massacre started.”
Zerdeşt Şengali said the YBŞ had been established in order to combat the massacre, coming into being in extraordinary circumstances. He said their expectations for 2015 were that Sinjar would be liberated, and that democratic autonomy would be put in place. “The Yazidi people, who have suffered massacres throughout history, have never submitted to the hegemony of central states. They have always resisted Arab, Turkish and Persian chauvinism. Today, too, the Yazidi people are resisting and will declare democratic autonomy. This is their most legitimate right in order to protect themselves from the massacres that took place last year,” he added.
Şengali continued, saying that organisation required autonomy. “Does autonomy mean we will break away from Iraq and South Kurdistan? No. The autonomy of the Yazidis will take place within the framework of the laws of Iraq and of the Kurdistan region. Such a right exists in the Iraqi constitution. We therefore say that 2015 will be a year when the hopes of the Yazidi people will be realised. In 2015 the resistance of the YBŞ will also develop,” he added.
Şengali called on the Yazidi people, saying: “The YBŞ established itself after everyone had fled. Therefore, however much the YBŞ consolidates this will benefit the Yazidis, Kurdistan and the peoples of the region. So we call on the Yazidi people to support us and for young Yazidis to join us.”
http://en.firatnews.com/news/news/ybs-commander-the-yazidi-people-are-resisting.htm
ANF/BOTAN GULAN/GELİ WAN* - SINJAR 05.01.2015 13:00:13
Sinjar Resistance Units (YBŞ) commander Zerdeşt Şengali called on all Yazidis (Ezidi) to support the YBŞ, adding that the stronger the force became the better it would be for the Yazidis and for Kurdistan.
Şengali told ANF that when ISIS gangs had taken Mosul in June 2014 the Yazidi people had realised Sinjar would be targeted because of its religious, historical and geographical importance. He added: “We called on political and military circles in Kurdistan to review the security situation in Sinjar, but I’m afraid to say that our brothers in the KDP and peshmerga did not allow any other military or political force in Sinjar until the massacre started.”
Zerdeşt Şengali said the YBŞ had been established in order to combat the massacre, coming into being in extraordinary circumstances. He said their expectations for 2015 were that Sinjar would be liberated, and that democratic autonomy would be put in place. “The Yazidi people, who have suffered massacres throughout history, have never submitted to the hegemony of central states. They have always resisted Arab, Turkish and Persian chauvinism. Today, too, the Yazidi people are resisting and will declare democratic autonomy. This is their most legitimate right in order to protect themselves from the massacres that took place last year,” he added.
Şengali continued, saying that organisation required autonomy. “Does autonomy mean we will break away from Iraq and South Kurdistan? No. The autonomy of the Yazidis will take place within the framework of the laws of Iraq and of the Kurdistan region. Such a right exists in the Iraqi constitution. We therefore say that 2015 will be a year when the hopes of the Yazidi people will be realised. In 2015 the resistance of the YBŞ will also develop,” he added.
Şengali called on the Yazidi people, saying: “The YBŞ established itself after everyone had fled. Therefore, however much the YBŞ consolidates this will benefit the Yazidis, Kurdistan and the peoples of the region. So we call on the Yazidi people to support us and for young Yazidis to join us.”
http://en.firatnews.com/news/news/ybs-commander-the-yazidi-people-are-resisting.htm
