Afrinpost-Special
A number of Afrin Kurds living in Afrin have expressed their displeasure and complain about the instability they are still living in, as a result of the deteriorating security situation since the Turkish military occupation on the Kurdish region of Afrin on March 18, 2018.
“The electricity situation has worsened considerably as a result of the Turkish invasion of northern Syria,” said Sarkhbon, a pseudonym for security reasons.”This has led to the interruption of many roads that supplied the region with the necessary fuel to power the generators. ” he added.
During the previous era of “self-administration”, Afrin has been under siege by the Islamic militias in Azaz and Idlib, which led to the rise in fuel prices. Which caused the stop of the wheel of life and affected the hours of supply of electricity from the amperes, except for the obstruction of the work of furnaces and vehicles.
In the last two years of the era of “self-management” began to resort to the installation of solar panels, which was characterized by the production of clean and sustainable energy, which became relatively stable in the supply of electricity according to the mechanism of self-sufficiency for each home, but after the war on Afrin by Turkey and its militants January 2018, all panels were robbed, usually the area to the total dependence on generators.
The citizen “Sarkhabon” added that his street in the neighborhood of Ashrafia Afrin, provided for four hours of electricity, from six to ten o’clock, while remaining the rest of the hours of the twentieth day without electricity.
Shinda, a pseudonym for security reasons, said that the suffering of the Kurdish people in Afrin has increased dramatically recently due to high fuel prices and reduced hours of electricity supply.
Adding that the rise in the dollar exchange rates has also increased the burden on the Afrini people, as they suffer from the impact of the high prices that came to exacerbate their difficulties, saying: “It was not enough to worry about the fate of our children and the constant fear of kidnapping and torture to obtain financial ransom from the Kurds. The dollar will come and complete our impoverishment. ”
The Syrian pound has recently suffered from a major collapse. On Saturday, it hit record highs of 825 Syrian pounds per dollar. Citizens are waking up on Sunday. The dollar is close to 840 pounds. Without any real indications that the Syrian regime could prevent a further collapse.
