Ahmed Hassan, on behalf of the National Council, appeals to families to return to Afrin:

Ahmed Hassan, on behalf of the National Council, appeals to families to return to Afrin: "It's closer to you than Europe."

Aug 12 2023

ARK News… Ahmed Hassan, representative of the Kurdish National Council in Syria within the National Coalition for Syrian Revolutionary and Opposition Forces, on Friday, August 11, 2023, said that Afrin and its towns host dozens of its families returning from different countries and regions every day.

Hassan said in exclusive statements that "families return daily from Turkey, Lebanon and the Kurdistan Region, as well as from Aleppo. Recently, the villages of Chaqale Gume, Shitka, Hase, Kakhire, Tirmuja, and the villages of Rajo and Bulbul witnessed the return of families to their hometowns."

He emphasized that "the only solution to limit demographic change is return," and appealed, "in the name of the Kurdish National Council, our people to return to Afrin, as it is closer to Europe and less expensive."

I hope that "all families will return to the homeland of the fathers and grandfathers to limit the demographic change, as he described it."

Activists in Afrin confirm the return of dozens of Kurdish families, especially in recent times, since the beginning of last July to date, more than 200 Kurdish families have returned, and the return is still continuing.

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