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Neighboring Syria, Turkey wants to hunt from Syrian Kurdish militia of the People's Protection Units (YPG), which it describes as "terrorist", to create in Syrian territory a "security zone" of 32 kilometers of depth that would separate its border from the Kurdish regions. The offensive is taking place from the town of Akçakale, on the Turkish-Syrian border.
The house of Bedir, an inhabitant of Akçakale, faces the border. The barbed wire is a few meters away and on the other side, the Kurdish forces are fighting and firing towards the city. Two days ago, this father found himself with a shell in his kitchen. "Everything was very quiet a few days ago and now we hear explosions," he says at the microphone of Europe 1. "We were aware that the silence that prevailed here before the attack announced the danger ... It's true, I lost part of my house, I can live without a house, but not without my flag and my country. "
"Our neighbors have been killed"
In the streets, President Erdogan's rhetoric is broadcast in loudspeakers. Kurdish fighters are considered terrorists. Hamza does not enter this debate: he leaves the city with the eleven members of his family. "The shots are right next to us," he says. "Our neighbors have been killed, to be honest, we do not know where to go but we leave, quickly," he continues at the microphone of Europe 1. "We just take what we need. business at home. "
On Saturday, France announced that it was suspending its arms deliveries to Turkey. Around Hamza, the streets were emptying, while opposite, Syrian Kurdistan plunged into the fighting.