DAMASCUS (Dispatches) – Syria’s Foreign Ministry has called for immediate withdrawal of the foreign occupying forces from northeast of the country, condemning the U.S. activities that caused have the displacement of thousands of Syrian citizens in Hasakah province, amid Daesh terrorists’ prison break.
“Daesh and the (so-called) Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) militia conducted massacres against people and inflicted significant damages to the infrastructure of Hasakah province over the last few days,” the Ministry said in a statement, adding that such actions will continue to amount to the crimes of the U.S. occupation forces and its militant proxy against humanity.
The statement also called on the UN High Commissioner for Refugees, the World Food Program, UNICEF, and all other humanitarian organizations to provide all types of help to thousands of Syrians who have been forced to flee their homes into the open due to the extreme weather conditions.
“Syria called on the United Nations Security Council to fulfill its responsibilities in maintaining international peace and security and protecting innocent civilians in north and northeast Syria, as well as assisting the country in dealing with this new humanitarian catastrophe before it worsens,” the statement concluded.
U.S. warplanes bombed the northeastern Syrian city of Hasakah in a purported bid to support U.S.-backed Kurdish militants, SDF, to repel a major attack by alleged Daesh terrorists on a prison holding thousands of their companions.
U.S. Defense Department spokesman John Kirby confirmed the illegal American airstrikes in Syria on Saturday to assist the unsuccessful attempt by the mercenary SDF militants to drive off the Daesh attack on the city’s Ghwayran prison amid reports that terrorists have taken over control of the compound.
Report said that SDF forces and American warplanes targeted a technical academy building where dozens of “Daesh terrorists took positions.”
The clashes have also led to the fleeing of nearly 4,000 residents to areas of the city controlled by Syrian government forces, Hasakah Governor Ghassan Khalil said as cited in Syrian media outlets.
The Ghwayran prison holds about 5,000 suspected Daesh terrorists, including commanders and figures considered among the most dangerous, according to the AP report.
Nearly 90 people have reportedly been killed so far, as fighting raged for the third day on Saturday.
The SDF further asserted earlier in the day that “fierce clashes” broke out in the neighborhoods north of Ghwayran, where it claimed to have killed more than 20 Daesh terrorists and seized explosive belts, weapons, and artillery.
According to SANA, people have been pushed by the SDF to leave their houses immediately. The SDF imposed a curfew on Ghwayran and al-Zohour neighborhoods on Friday, the news agency added.
Syria has been gripped by a foreign-backed terror campaign since 2011, when the U.S. and its Western and regional allies began their overt attempts to overthrow the government of Bashar al-Assad.