{"id":14728,"date":"2020-05-25T12:44:39","date_gmt":"2020-05-25T07:44:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vosa.tv\/?p=14728"},"modified":"2020-05-25T12:44:39","modified_gmt":"2020-05-25T07:44:39","slug":"muslims-in-two-syrian-towns-mark-peaceful-eid","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vosa.tv\/eng\/archives\/14728","title":{"rendered":"Muslims in two Syrian towns mark peaceful Eid"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>ANKARA<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Muslims in two towns in northern Syria that were cleared of terrorists through Turkey\u2019s Operation Peace Spring celebrated the Eid al-Fitr holiday marking the end of Ramadan in peace Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>Thousands of people returned to Tal Abyad and Ras al-Ayn, and while there are homes and businesses that were heavily damaged by the civil war, there was a liveliness on the streets.<\/p>\n<p>In addition to Turkish soldiers, soldiers of the Syrian National Army are providing security in the towns.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe celebrate this Eid with a different happiness. Allah gave us a peaceful Ramadan after nine years of war,\u201d said Mosa Homaini from Tal Abyad, underlining Turkey\u2019s support to establish peace in the region.<\/p>\n<p>Halil Askah said he met the needs of his 12-member family during Ramadan with aid sent from Turkey.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.aa.com.tr\/uploads\/userFiles\/ab870dc1-e87c-46af-a54e-cc928be7834a\/2020_Mayis_anadoluimages_19848393.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe believe that we will have a good holiday after a peaceful fasting month because our region is now safe,\u201d he said, thanking Turkey for the peaceful environment.<\/p>\n<p>Osman Taacc, who returned to Ras al-Ayn after staying six years Turkey, said they had a peaceful Ramadan for the first time in years and are celebrating Eid with love and enthusiasm.<\/p>\n<p>Tal Abyad and Ras al-Ayn were cleared of terrorists during Operation Peace Spring, which was launched on Oct. 9, 2019.<\/p>\n<p>The military action was initiated to eliminate YPG\/PKK terrorists from northern Syria east of the Euphrates River, to secure Turkey\u2019s borders, aid in the safe return of Syrian refugees and ensure Syria\u2019s territorial integrity.<\/p>\n<p>In its more than 30-year terror campaign against Turkey, the PKK &#8212; listed as a terrorist organization by Turkey, the US and the European Union &#8212; has been responsible for the deaths of 40,000 people, including women, children and infants. The YPG is its Syrian offshoot.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ANKARA Muslims in two towns in northern Syria that were cleared of terrorists through Turkey\u2019s Operation Peace Spring celebrated the Eid al-Fitr holiday marking the end of Ramadan in peace Sunday. Thousands of people returned to Tal Abyad and Ras al-Ayn, and while there are homes and businesses that were heavily damaged by the civil [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":14729,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1460,31],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14728","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-middle-east","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vosa.tv\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14728","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vosa.tv\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vosa.tv\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vosa.tv\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vosa.tv\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14728"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.vosa.tv\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14728\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14730,"href":"https:\/\/www.vosa.tv\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14728\/revisions\/14730"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vosa.tv\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14729"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vosa.tv\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14728"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vosa.tv\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14728"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vosa.tv\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14728"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}