United States demands Turkey give a Timeline for Withdrawal from its Occupation Areas in Rojava

VT Damascus

The head of the American Committee for Religious Freedom, Nadine Mainza, confirmed that her country’s government demanded Turkey [give] a timetable for withdrawing from the Syrian lands it occupies in the northern part, stressing that Washington has begun to deal with the Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria like any government in the world.

This came in response to journalists’ questions during the joint press conference at the building of the Department of Foreign Relations of the Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria in Qamishlo city, today, Sunday.

In response to the American position with the Autonomous Administration’s shift politically, the American official confirmed that the first time it came to north and east Syria, there was no political relationship for Washington with this region, and now it has begun to deal with the Autonomous Administration politically like any government in the world, Noting that there should be greater political support from America for this administration.

Mainza revealed that Washington demanded from Ankara a timetable for withdrawing from the Syrian territories it occupied, and this matter also includes returning all the things looted by Turkey, including the antiquities of the region, especially in Afrin.

Regarding the inclusion of the United States of Turkey in the list of countries that commit violations against minorities, based on the violations it commits against racial and ethnic minorities in Syria, Mainza reported that her country intends at the present time to include Turkey in the list of countries that commit these violations, noting that so far You will no longer monitor these violations.

In conclusion, the American official commented on the appearance of the Turkish governor of Urova in one of the churches in its areas of occupation in northern Syria with a Turkish Christian community in the Christmas mass, after the deportation of most of the Christians by its loyalists from the Syrian extremist factions from the region, does not mean that Turkey and its loyalists from the militants of these factions have been awarded The rights of religious minorities in their areas of control.

It is worth noting that Nadine Mainza, who will visit the Rojava regions for a week, will participate tomorrow in the International Conference of the Mesopotamian Religions and Beliefs Forum, which will be held in Qamishlo, and will reveal the bloody freedoms in the world and the Middle East, especially in the Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria.