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Qamishlo- 2024 Newroz will be celebrated in North and East Syria with the motto, “Freedom for Abdullah Öcalan, solution to the Kurdish question.” NuJINHA spoke to Kongra Star Spokesperson Rihan Loqo about Newroz celebrations in North and East Syria. “We first wish a happy Newroz to leader Apo, architect of freedom. This year, thousands of women from different ethnic groups such as Kurdish, Arab, Turkmen, Circassian, Syrian and Yazidi women, celebrated the International Women’s Day on March 8 across North and East Syria with great enthusiasm. They vowed to ensure the physical freedom of leader Apo. At Newroz celebrations, we, as women of North and East Syria, will demand his physical freedom.”

‘The conspiracy continues in different forms’

Pointing to the international conspiracy against Kurdish leader Abdullah Öcalan, she said, “The conspiracy against him for more than 25 years continues in different forms. He is subjected to disciplinary punishments every six months for different reasons. The isolation imposed on him has been intensified because his Democratic Nation Paradigm, ideology and philosophy based on equality have become a model for the whole world. Today, the democratic system of North and East Syria led by women has been building a free, democratic, equal and ecological society.”

‘The more we achieve gains, the more attacks we are subjected to’

Emphasizing that a democratic system is being built in North and East Syria led by women, she said, “The system based on democracy spreads and becomes a model for the whole world. Thus, the more we achieve gains, the more attacks we are subjected to. The attacks on the democratic system of North and East Syria have intensified.”

‘The AANES wages a historic struggle’

Speaking about the ongoing Turkish drone attacks targeting civilians, she said, “The attacks target children, women, the civilian infrastructure and the pioneers of the revolution. Due to the attacks, thousands have no electricity and water. The Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria develops alternatives to provide services to the people. It wages a historical struggle. The aim of the enemy is to annihilate the Kurdish people by intensifying the isolation imposed on leader Apo and carrying out genocidal attacks on four parts of Kurdistan. Everyone knows that the aim of the Turkish state is to destroy the Kurdish identity.”

‘We will demand the physical freedom of leader Apo’

Rihan Loqo told us that 2024 Newroz would be celebrated in seven places in Jazira Canton. “As the people of North and East Syria, we will demand the physical freedom of leader Apo at Newroz celebrations. We call on all women, mothers, socialists, intellectuals, artists and freedom fighters to light the Newroz fire together, demand the physical freedom of leader Apo and grow our struggle.”