Eight years since the Maysaloun clinic fire in Qamishlo

ARK News... Today, Wednesday, May 31, 2023, marks the eighth anniversary of the Maysaloun health clinic fire massacre, which took place east of Qamishlo, in Syrian Kurdistan.

On this day, Sunday morning, May 31, 2015, a massive fire broke out in the Maysaloun health clinic, east of Qamishlo.

According to eyewitnesses at the time, "While the people of the neighborhood rushed to the scene of the fire and did not stand idly by in front of the fire and its devouring of children and women despite its terrifying ferocity, the fire, whose ignition details are still vague, led to the closure of all the exits and doors in front of the cadres inside the infirmary." and reviewers, and everyone was locked inside.

Eyewitnesses confirmed that the direct cause was "the ignition of the diesel fuel tank, which was located in the inner corridor near the main door, suggesting that it ignited from the gas in one of the rooms, which was used to prepare tea at the time of the accident."

The following are the names of the victims of the Maysaloun dispensary fire in Qamishlo, according to human rights sources:
1- Shamiran Amin
2- Sanaa Ibrahim Yassin
3- Viyan Abdul Ghani Suleiman
4-5- Princess with her daughter Maryam
6- Hevi Muhammad Saeed
7- The child Mahdi
8- Oulfan Muhyiddin
9- Fakhri
10- Fatima
11- Jihan Khalo
12- Jawhara Muhammad Nazir
13- Nihad Abdo (informant)
14- Zozan Ahmed Sino
15- Muhammad Saleh
16-17- Kaniwar and Sevgin Rasho (two brothers)
18- Ghufran Mauled Maghribi (alternate employee)
19 – Gulizar (pharmacy)
20- Midea (with her two children)
21- Moaz
22- Mahdi
23- Tariq Zahid
24- Yasamin Mahmoud Suleiman
25- Maryam Shakib Othman
26- Hussein Riyad (8 years old)

The families of the massacre victims and the Kurdish movement are calling for a serious and transparent investigation to uncover the details of the incident, whether it was a fabricated crime or otherwise, to hold the negligent ones accountable, and hold the PYD administration responsible for revealing the facts. At the same time, the Syrian regime authorities in the city of Qamishlo refrained from conducting any investigations, and contented themselves with handing over the families of the victims A restraint in which it is mentioned that the incident is “a judgment and destiny.”

Eight years later, the details of the horrific crime are still vague, and no serious investigations have been conducted so far.

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