Where is the West’s support? - Kurds demand accountability as casualties of fighting with Syrian govt forces arrive in Qamishli

"Convoys carrying the dead and wounded from the Sheikh Maqsoud neighborhood of Aleppo arrived in Qamishli on Sunday, where they were met by hundreds of residents protesting what they decried as 'massacres'. This follows recent clashes between Syrian government forces and the Kurdish-led Asayish security forces. Footage shows crowds waving Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) flags and chanting, 'The people want to bring down Jolani.' Women can also be seen displaying photos of Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan and Syrian Foreign Minister Asaad al-Shaibani marked with a red X and attempting to set them ablaze. "We demand accountability for the criminals who committed massacres against us," a displaced woman from Sheikh Maqsoud, Koli Jaafar, stated, before accusing the ‘international coalition’ of being a ‘partner’ in the attacks, in which she also viewed the rest of the world as being ‘complicit’. "France, the US, and Germany claim to support the Kurds,” said a Kurdish resident from Qamishli, Ramziya Hassan. “We fought terrorism and sacrificed. Where is their support?" This follows clashes between the Syrian transitional government's forces and US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) in the Ashrafiyah and Sheikh Maqsoud neighborhoods of Aleppo, with both sides accusing the other of targeting civilians. "Through mediation of international parties to stop the attacks and violations against our people in Aleppo, we have reached an understanding that leads to a ceasefire and securing the evacuation of martyrs, the wounded, trapped civilians, and fighters from the Ashrafiyah and Sheikh Maqsoud neighborhoods to northeastern Syria," the commander of the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) announced today, while the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) stressed that the evacuation had been organised by the local administration. Syrian media claimed that SDF shelling on residential neighborhoods had killed 24 and injured 129 since last Tuesday. This latest escalation comes just days after officials from the sides held a meeting to discuss implementing the March Agreement after the deadline had expired. The meeting failed to yield any results. On March 10, Syrian president Ahmed al-Sharaa and SDF commander Mazloum Abdi signed an agreement stipulating the “integration of all civilian and military institutions affiliated with the Kurdish Autonomous Administration into the Syrian state” by the end of 2025. However, the implementation stalled, with sporadic clashes continuing. "