Rojava Exodus by Andoni Lubaki

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A portrait of a YPG soldier in a checkpoint of Tel Nasri, few kilometers far away from the frontline against yihadist and Turkish Army. After the withdrawal of US troops from northern Syria in October 2019, Turkey launched an offensive against the predominantly Kurdish areas in the northeast of the country along Islamist forces. Calls for war crimes investigations into the conduct of Ankara-backed militias are mounting ever since. (Andoni Lubaki / Euskal Fondoa)

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A christian militia soldier hanging a Kalashnikov and showin the christian cross tatoo in his hand in the frontline of Tel Nasri. After the withdrawal of US troops from northern Syria in October 2019, Turkey launched an offensive against the predominantly Kurdish areas in the northeast of the country along Islamist forces. Calls for war crimes investigations into the conduct of Ankara-backed militias are mounting ever since. (Andoni Lubaki / Euskal Fondoa)

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A christian militia soldier in the last checkpoint in the Tel Nasri frontline. After that point there is only open field where the yihadists supported by Turkish Army are trying to capture the town. After the withdrawal of US troops from northern Syria in October 2019, Turkey launched an offensive against the predominantly Kurdish areas in the northeast of the country along Islamist forces. Calls for war crimes investigations into the conduct of Ankara-backed militias are mounting ever since. (Andoni Lubaki / Euskal Fondoa)

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Comrades during the funeral of an Asayis killed by a mortar attack near Tel Tamer area. After the withdrawal of US troops from northern Syria in October 2019, Turkey launched an offensive against the predominantly Kurdish areas in the northeast of the country along Islamist forces. Calls for war crimes investigations into the conduct of Ankara-backed militias are mounting ever since. (Andoni Lubaki / Euskal Fondoa)

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Comrades help in the burial of a Asayis killed in a mortar attack in the Tel Tamer area. After the withdrawal of US troops from northern Syria in October 2019, Turkey launched an offensive against the predominantly Kurdish areas in the northeast of the country along Islamist forces. Calls for war crimes investigations into the conduct of Ankara-backed militias are mounting ever since. (Andoni Lubaki / Euskal Fondoa)

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A woman cry in front of the tomb of his son, killed by a yihadist snipper in Serekanye in the first days of the war. After the withdrawal of US troops from northern Syria in October 2019, Turkey launched an offensive against the predominantly Kurdish areas in the northeast of the country along Islamist forces. Calls for war crimes investigations into the conduct of Ankara-backed militias are mounting ever since. (Andoni Lubaki / Euskal Fondoa)

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A cow. After the withdrawal of US troops from northern Syria in October 2019, Turkey launched an offensive against the predominantly Kurdish areas in the northeast of the country along Islamist forces. Calls for war crimes investigations into the conduct of Ankara-backed militias are mounting ever since. (Andoni Lubaki / Euskal Fondoa)

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A portrait of a boy in front of a holed by bullets wall in Tel Nasri, near the frontline against yihadists and Turkish Army. After the withdrawal of US troops from northern Syria in October 2019, Turkey launched an offensive against the predominantly Kurdish areas in the northeast of the country along Islamist forces. Calls for war crimes investigations into the conduct of Ankara-backed militias are mounting ever since. (Andoni Lubaki / Euskal Fondoa)

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Child playing war games inside a destroyed church by ISIS in Tel Nasri town, near the frontline in the war against yihadist and Turkey. After the withdrawal of US troops from northern Syria in October 2019, Turkey launched an offensive against the predominantly Kurdish areas in the northeast of the country along Islamist forces. Calls for war crimes investigations into the conduct of Ankara-backed militias are mounting ever since. (Andoni Lubaki / Euskal Fondoa)

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Two children plays in the destroyed streets of Tel Nasri, few kilometers far away from the frontline. After the withdrawal of US troops from northern Syria in October 2019, Turkey launched an offensive against the predominantly Kurdish areas in the northeast of the country along Islamist forces. Calls for war crimes investigations into the conduct of Ankara-backed militias are mounting ever since. (Andoni Lubaki / Euskal Fondoa)

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A boy and a girl waiting their father in yellow chairs inside a building in construction. After the withdrawal of US troops from northern Syria in October 2019, Turkey launched an offensive against the predominantly Kurdish areas in the northeast of the country along Islamist forces. Calls for war crimes investigations into the conduct of Ankara-backed militias are mounting ever since. (Andoni Lubaki / Euskal Fondoa)

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A christian inhabitant of Tel Nasri touching the figure of Mother Mary in the entry of the town few kilometers far away from the frontline against yihadists and Turkish Army. After the withdrawal of US troops from northern Syria in October 2019, Turkey launched an offensive against the predominantly Kurdish areas in the northeast of the country along Islamist forces. Calls for war crimes investigations into the conduct of Ankara-backed militias are mounting ever since. (Andoni Lubaki / Euskal Fondoa)

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A christian inhabitant of Tel Nasri in the christian cementary of the town, near the frontline against yihadists and Turkish Army. After the withdrawal of US troops from northern Syria in October 2019, Turkey launched an offensive against the predominantly Kurdish areas in the northeast of the country along Islamist forces. Calls for war crimes investigations into the conduct of Ankara-backed militias are mounting ever since. (Andoni Lubaki / Euskal Fondoa)

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A christian inhabitant in front of the tomb of his grand father in Tel Nasri christian cementary, near the frontline against yihadists and Turkish Army. After the withdrawal of US troops from northern Syria in October 2019, Turkey launched an offensive against the predominantly Kurdish areas in the northeast of the country along Islamist forces. Calls for war crimes investigations into the conduct of Ankara-backed militias are mounting ever since. (Andoni Lubaki / Euskal Fondoa)

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XXX and YYY are a couple of Tel Nasri who are still living in their house. The husband is trying to avoid his wife to know that outside there is war. After the withdrawal of US troops from northern Syria in October 2019, Turkey launched an offensive against the predominantly Kurdish areas in the northeast of the country along Islamist forces. Calls for war crimes investigations into the conduct of Ankara-backed militias are mounting ever since. (Andoni Lubaki / Euskal Fondoa)

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YYY kisses Jihan, a Serekaniye refugee who went on visit this frontline working as a fixer for foreign media. After the withdrawal of US troops from northern Syria in October 2019, Turkey launched an offensive against the predominantly Kurdish areas in the northeast of the country along Islamist forces. Calls for war crimes investigations into the conduct of Ankara-backed militias are mounting ever since. (Andoni Lubaki / Euskal Fondoa)

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Mustafa Bakir, 25 in his room of an Amuda school who served as a refugee camp. He could only escape thanks to the help of fellow villagers in Serekaniye. He´s on a wheelchair and relies fully on his mother. After the withdrawal of US troops from northern Syria in October 2019, Turkey launched an offensive against the predominantly Kurdish areas in the northeast of the country along Islamist forces. Calls for war crimes investigations into the conduct of Ankara-backed militias are mounting ever since. (Andoni Lubaki / Euskal Fondoa)

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Yihan, a Serekaniye refugee, inside a destroyed room in a house on the frontline of XXXX .After the withdrawal of US troops from northern Syria in October 2019, Turkey launched an offensive against the predominantly Kurdish areas in the northeast of the country along Islamist forces. Calls for war crimes investigations into the conduct of Ankara-backed militias are mounting ever since. (Andoni Lubaki / Euskal Fondoa)

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Ahmed, a Serekaniye refugee, working in a Sisha Bar during the clasico match (Barcelona - Madrid). Ahmed lost his father when yihadists kill him publicy in the streets of his home town Serekaniye and now is working in his cousin bar in Qamishlo. After the withdrawal of US troops from northern Syria in October 2019, Turkey launched an offensive against the predominantly Kurdish areas in the northeast of the country along Islamist forces. Calls for war crimes investigations into the conduct of Ankara-backed militias are mounting ever since. (Andoni Lubaki / Euskal Fondoa)

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A man passing in front of a building with a Haffez Al Assad portrait. After the withdrawal of US troops from northern Syria in October 2019, Turkey launched an offensive against the predominantly Kurdish areas in the northeast of the country along Islamist forces. Calls for war crimes investigations into the conduct of Ankara-backed militias are mounting ever since. (Andoni Lubaki / Euskal Fondoa)

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A girl outside her tent in the refugee camp of Washokani. After the withdrawal of US troops from northern Syria in October 2019, Turkey launched an offensive against the predominantly Kurdish areas in the northeast of the country along Islamist forces. Calls for war crimes investigations into the conduct of Ankara-backed militias are mounting ever since. (Andoni Lubaki / Euskal Fondoa)

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A newborn in Washokani refugee camp crying on the floor where her father has put a blanket to use it as a bed. After the withdrawal of US troops from northern Syria in October 2019, Turkey launched an offensive against the predominantly Kurdish areas in the northeast of the country along Islamist forces. Calls for war crimes investigations into the conduct of Ankara-backed militias are mounting ever since. (Andoni Lubaki / Euskal Fondoa)

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Fathma Bakir, a refugee from Afrin, looking the refugee camp of Washokani throught the window of a car. Now she is stuying in the university of Rojava in Qamishlo, the first university giving classes in kurdish. After the withdrawal of US troops from northern Syria in October 2019, Turkey launched an offensive against the predominantly Kurdish areas in the northeast of the country along Islamist forces. Calls for war crimes investigations into the conduct of Ankara-backed militias are mounting ever since. (Andoni Lubaki / Euskal Fondoa)

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A child is playing outside the tent of her family in the Washokani refugee camp. After the withdrawal of US troops from northern Syria in October 2019, Turkey launched an offensive against the predominantly Kurdish areas in the northeast of the country along Islamist forces. Calls for war crimes investigations into the conduct of Ankara-backed militias are mounting ever since. (Andoni Lubaki / Euskal Fondoa)

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Children playing with a rope outside the tent of their family in the Washokani refugee camp. After the withdrawal of US troops from northern Syria in October 2019, Turkey launched an offensive against the predominantly Kurdish areas in the northeast of the country along Islamist forces. Calls for war crimes investigations into the conduct of Ankara-backed militias are mounting ever since. (Andoni Lubaki / Euskal Fondoa)

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A girl looking from a car window the refugee camp of Washokani, near Hassaka where thousands of people are living after they fleed the Serekaniye province when the yihadists enter the zone and start comitting murders. After the withdrawal of US troops from northern Syria in October 2019, Turkey launched an offensive against the predominantly Kurdish areas in the northeast of the country along Islamist forces. Calls for war crimes investigations into the conduct of Ankara-backed militias are mounting ever since. (Andoni Lubaki / Euskal Fondoa)

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Ayah (6 months), a girl with Down Syndrome laughing with her aunt inside the tent of her family,who fleed from the outskirts of Serekaniye, in Washokani refugee camp. After the withdrawal of US troops from northern Syria in October 2019, Turkey launched an offensive against the predominantly Kurdish areas in the northeast of the country along Islamist forces. Calls for war crimes investigations into the conduct of Ankara-backed militias are mounting ever since. (Andoni Lubaki / Euskal Fondoa)

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A Serekaniye refugee girl plays in the tent where her family lives in the Washokani camp while her brother watches the scene inside the store from outside the door. After the withdrawal of US troops from northern Syria in October 2019, Turkey launched an offensive against the predominantly Kurdish areas in the northeast of the country along Islamist forces. Calls for war crimes investigations into the conduct of Ankara-backed militias are mounting ever since. (Andoni Lubaki / Euskal Fondoa)

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Alia Abderrazaz 28, left Tel Tamer in October and has just arrived in Washokani refugee camp from Hassaka. This mother of four says that they have lost all their belongings. “Erdogan would have never attacked us if he was afraid of God, but he´s not.” After the withdrawal of US troops from northern Syria in October 2019, Turkey launched an offensive against the predominantly Kurdish areas in the northeast of the country along Islamist forces. Calls for war crimes investigations into the conduct of Ankara-backed militias are mounting ever since. (Andoni Lubaki / Euskal Fondoa)

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Aziz Hyder, 39, could barely take his passport with him after being forced to leave his village in Serekaniye. He rented a house for him and family in Hassaka where they spent four weeks before he ran out of money. He moved to an abandoned school until the de facto administration told him to relocate in Washokani. After the withdrawal of US troops from northern Syria in October 2019, Turkey launched an offensive against the predominantly Kurdish areas in the northeast of the country along Islamist forces. Calls for war crimes investigations into the conduct of Ankara-backed militias are mounting ever since. (Andoni Lubaki / Euskal Fondoa)

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Hussein Mohamed (age not disclosed) was among hundreds forced to leave on foot due to the lack of transport. All they had in the village of Tumat (Serekaniye area) has been reportedly destroyed by Turkish proxies. He claims they won´t be able to go back home while Erdogan is still alive. After the withdrawal of US troops from northern Syria in October 2019, Turkey launched an offensive against the predominantly Kurdish areas in the northeast of the country along Islamist forces. Calls for war crimes investigations into the conduct of Ankara-backed militias are mounting ever since. (Andoni Lubaki / Euskal Fondoa)

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Omar Hamud Ahmed, 82, is from Katina, a small village in Serekaniye area. One of his son suffering from diabetes is currently held by Turkish proxy militias in an Arab village and he fears for his health. Former neighbours told Omar his house was completely destroyed, and that even the tiles of his roof were removed. “They´re just former Daesh members who came for looting, raping, and killing, they´re not afraid of God.” After the withdrawal of US troops from northern Syria in October 2019, Turkey launched an offensive against the predominantly Kurdish areas in the northeast of the country along Islamist forces. Calls for war crimes investigations into the conduct of Ankara-backed militias are mounting ever since. (Andoni Lubaki / Euskal Fondoa)

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Zekia Halaf, 36, left her village in Serekaniye area in October 9, just when Turkey launched its offensive over the area. She´s lost four brothers in the Syrian war, two fighting within the Syrian Army ranks against Jabhat al Nusra and the other two fighting alongside the Syrian Democratic Forces. The last one was killed in a drone attack last October. Zekia is one among approximately 200 IDPs. After the withdrawal of US troops from northern Syria in October 2019, Turkey launched an offensive against the predominantly Kurdish areas in the northeast of the country along Islamist forces. Calls for war crimes investigations into the conduct of Ankara-backed militias are mounting ever since. (Andoni Lubaki / Euskal Fondoa)

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Hadja Mohamed (age not disclosed) was forced to flee during the attack of her village by Turkish proxies. This mother of three says they´ll never go back home. Former neighbours told her that her house was looted and destroyed by Islamist militias. After the withdrawal of US troops from northern Syria in October 2019, Turkey launched an offensive against the predominantly Kurdish areas in the northeast of the country along Islamist forces. Calls for war crimes investigations into the conduct of Ankara-backed militias are mounting ever since. (Andoni Lubaki / Euskal Fondoa)

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Mustafa Bakir, 25, could only escape thanks to the help of fellow villagers in Serekaniye. He´s on a wheelchair and relies fully on his mother. After the withdrawal of US troops from northern Syria in October 2019, Turkey launched an offensive against the predominantly Kurdish areas in the northeast of the country along Islamist forces. Calls for war crimes investigations into the conduct of Ankara-backed militias are mounting ever since. (Andoni Lubaki / Euskal Fondoa)

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Mohamed Bakir, 17, says he plays videogames and smokes while he waits for schools to reopen. His father bribed militiamen in Serekaniye so he could go back home and retrieve a few belongings from their house but he came back empty-handed. After the withdrawal of US troops from northern Syria in October 2019, Turkey launched an offensive against the predominantly Kurdish areas in the northeast of the country along Islamist forces. Calls for war crimes investigations into the conduct of Ankara-backed militias are mounting ever since. (Andoni Lubaki / Euskal Fondoa)

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Bedia is Ahmed´s wife. She says there were no cars to escape during the attack and that they had to walk for hours alongside three other families until they found one. They don´t dare to go back for fear of kidnapping. After the withdrawal of US troops from northern Syria in October 2019, Turkey launched an offensive against the predominantly Kurdish areas in the northeast of the country along Islamist forces. Calls for war crimes investigations into the conduct of Ankara-backed militias are mounting ever since. (Andoni Lubaki / Euskal Fondoa)

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Ahmed (age not disclosed) is deaf-mute and the father of six. His wife says he was working in the fields when everything started but that they have lost everything now, “including a tractor.” After the withdrawal of US troops from northern Syria in October 2019, Turkey launched an offensive against the predominantly Kurdish areas in the northeast of the country along Islamist forces. Calls for war crimes investigations into the conduct of Ankara-backed militias are mounting ever since. (Andoni Lubaki / Euskal Fondoa)

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A child jumping a puddle in a street of Tel Nasri near the frontline against yihadists and Turkish Army. After the withdrawal of US troops from northern Syria in October 2019, Turkey launched an offensive against the predominantly Kurdish areas in the northeast of the country along Islamist forces. Calls for war crimes investigations into the conduct of Ankara-backed militias are mounting ever since. (Andoni Lubaki / Euskal Fondoa)

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A view throught destroyed window of a child playing in the streets of Tel Nasri near the frontline against yihadists and Turkish Army. After the withdrawal of US troops from northern Syria in October 2019, Turkey launched an offensive against the predominantly Kurdish areas in the northeast of the country along Islamist forces. Calls for war crimes investigations into the conduct of Ankara-backed militias are mounting ever since. (Andoni Lubaki / Euskal Fondoa)

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