- 18 Mar 2018 13:13
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LINK: http://www.france24.com/en/20180318-syr ... city-afrin
Well, some were predicting that Afrin would be the Turkey's Vietnam.
It seems Syrian PKK (YPG, SDF, Kurdish freedom fighters, or whatever name you choose to use instead) is the paper tiger, blown out of proportion, thanks to American policy of partition of Syria.
It is also clear that cleansing CIA-controlled Gulenist elements from Turkish Army after the failed coup d'etat of 2016 has significantly improved the operational capabilities of the latter.
At this stage, I hope and demand that those civilian people fled to other YPG or regime controlled areas to return back to their homes and farms. Neither Turkey nor YPG nor the Syrian regime must not obscure their right to return and restart their normal daily lives.
Bottomline:
Manjib is next!
We have suffered enough of PKK terror; we don't want a single square foot of land on our borders turning into terror nests under PKK control.
Shrink, tyrant, from my words of fire! And tremble at a poet's ire! -FERDOWSI
Turkish-led rebel forces seized control of Syria’s northern city of Afrin on Sunday, according to AFP, as part of an offensive to push Kurdish fighters out of the area.
Free Syrian Army (FSA) rebel forces backed by Turkish troops had entered every neighbourhood in Afrin by late morning, AFP journalists on the ground reported.
Turkish flags had been raised on buildings, alongside the flags of Syrian rebel groups. Two Turkish tanks could also be seen outside an official building and the sound of celebratory gunfire resonated in the air.
Earlier in the day, the Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said Turkish-led fighters had made lightning advances inside Afrin, taking control of half the Kurdish-majority city. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan later confirmed that FSA rebels and Turkish soldiers had seized the city centre.
A civilian inside Afrin said that the Kurdish People's Protection Units (YPG) militia had withdrawn.
The capture of Afrin would be a major victory in Ankara's campaign against the YPG, which Turkey considers a terrorist group.
Ankara launched Operation "Olive Branch" in Afrin two months ago, saying the area near the Turkish border needed to be secured and the YPG pushed out.
The advance has made steady gains and earlier this week Turkish-led forces largely surrounded Afrin city, leaving a single escape route open southwards to territory still held by the YPG or controlled by the Syrian regime.
At least 200,000 civilians had fled the city over the last week, the Observatory said.
Turkish jets and artillery have been battering Afrin for weeks and ground clashes intensified in recent days, raising fears for thousands of civilians trapped in street-to-street fighting.
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LINK: http://www.france24.com/en/20180318-syr ... city-afrin
Well, some were predicting that Afrin would be the Turkey's Vietnam.
It seems Syrian PKK (YPG, SDF, Kurdish freedom fighters, or whatever name you choose to use instead) is the paper tiger, blown out of proportion, thanks to American policy of partition of Syria.
It is also clear that cleansing CIA-controlled Gulenist elements from Turkish Army after the failed coup d'etat of 2016 has significantly improved the operational capabilities of the latter.
At this stage, I hope and demand that those civilian people fled to other YPG or regime controlled areas to return back to their homes and farms. Neither Turkey nor YPG nor the Syrian regime must not obscure their right to return and restart their normal daily lives.
Bottomline:
Manjib is next!
We have suffered enough of PKK terror; we don't want a single square foot of land on our borders turning into terror nests under PKK control.
Shrink, tyrant, from my words of fire! And tremble at a poet's ire! -FERDOWSI