Mira’s dad, Badir Eddin Ibrahim, who is trapped In Afrin …
First published March 23
I’m here today to talk about the devastation that’s taking place in Afrin.
My name is Mira Ibrahim. I’m from Afrin; my family are from Afrin.
My father and my grandmother (who is 90 years old) are still in Afrin and have been missing. We have no news about them.
My uncle and his kids live in the street because their house and their community have been destroyed.
This has been very hard on the family. Children have killed in front of their parents and also kids now have no parents because the situation.
These is the terrible situation in Afrin today:
* Right now hundreds of thousands of civilians in Afrin are coming under heavy bombardment by Turkish war planes.
* Afrin is being attacked by the Turkish army with the support of jihadist groups such as Al-Qaeda, Al-Nusra and the remnants of ISIS.
* Afrin city is now being destroyed by the second largest army of NATO which is equipped with the most sophisticated weapons produced by several countries, including the permanent members of the UN Security Council, Russia and the USA.
* During the last 53 days the invading forces have killed at least 290 civilians.
* Schools and hospitals have been destroyed.
* Many homes have been destroyed.
* People are forced to hide in caves underground.
* The UN Security Council passed a resolution calling a 30-day ceasefire in all of Syria. But it was ignored by the Erdogan regime and nothing was done.
* Russia and the USA have the power to stop this war immediately simply by imposing a No Fly Zone over Afrin. They can stop it RIGHT NOW if they choose.
* This invasion and genocide has been carried out in front of the eyes of world for nearly two months.
All the powers who had the power to stop this terrible crime against humanity have become accomplices to this crime.
Ladies and gentlemen, I have been living in Australia for the past 12 years and I have seen how good peace and freedom is and how a democracy can work.
*Mira Ibrahim is an Australian Kurdish woman from Afrin. I have been in Australia for the past 12 years. I have completed several Advanced Diplomas and Diplomas in Human Resources Management and Travel and Tourism. My father and grandmother and my extended family are in Afrin, and we are extremely worried about them …
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