Ibrahim Haftarro, Head of the Afrin Civic Assembly in Qamishli, stated:

• During the attack on Sheikh Maqsoud and Ashrafiyah, all kinds of heavy weapons were used, even though 98% of Sheikh Maqsoud’s residents are Kurds.

• 2,700 Kurds have been displaced from Sheikh Maqsoud and Ashrafiyah, all of them Kurdish.

• The exact number of martyrs is not confirmed, but it is in the hundreds.

• 3,000 to 4,000 Kurdish families from Afrin who had settled in Tabqa and Deir Hafer were displaced again.

• Approximately 500,000 people were living in Sheikh Maqsoud.

• 150,000 displaced people are Afrin residents alone.

• More than 200,000 displaced persons from Kobane, Afrin, and Serekaniye are currently in Qamishli and Hasakah.

• In one house in Sheikh Maqsoud, 7 members of a single family were killed together, in addition to the killing of hundreds of others.

• In Kobane, 10 members of one family were killed together.

• This is because they believe Kurdish blood, homes, and lives are permissible (halal to violate).

• Every Afrin family has been displaced five times:

  • In 2013, families were displaced from Aleppo to Afrin.

  • In 2018, from Afrin to the Shahba region.

  • In 2024, from Shahba to Tabqa.

  • In 2026, from Tabqa to Qamishli and Derik.

• The fate of the people of Afrin has been repeated displacement, five times, and each time during the cold winter season.

• Afrin is 98% Kurdish, with a population of nearly 900,000 people or more.

• Afrin is under the control of Turkey-backed groups, including Hamshat and Amshat factions.