Posts Tagged ‘afrin’

Turkish military helicopter downed in Syria’s Afrin, 11 soldiers killed

nsnbc : Eleven Turkish soldiers lost their lives on Saturday when a helicopter was downed in northern Syria’s predominantly Kurdish Afrin region in Rojava […]

Turkish regime continues aggression on Afrin area as civilian casualties rise

SANA– The Turkish regime escalated its aggression on Afrin area in northern Aleppo countryside, killing and injuring more civilians, including children and women. The continued shelling of the area for the 24th day in a row caused further destruction of civilians’ houses, infrastructure and public utilities. Local sources told SANA Monday that the Turkish troops […]

Conquering Afrin as Religious Duty: Operation Olive Branch & Turkey’s Supposed Transformation into a Sunni Superpower

Dr Can Erimtan 21st Century Wire Turkey’s Tayyip Erdoğan (aka the Prez) is now once again performing a delicate war-dance with his partners Russia and America, with President Putin (aka the Czar) clearly supporting his southern neighbour while the U.S. President Trump appears as clueless as ever. Ever since Syria’s not-so civil war erupted in […]

Events linked to Turkey’s invasion of Afrin are “gruesome”: NATO Secretary-General Stoltenberg

nsnbc : Speaking at the annual conference of the Norwegian Atlantic Committee in Leagankollen on Monday, NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said NATO is not considering […]

Continued Turkish aggression on Afrin leaves two civilians dead, causes huge damage

SANA– The Turkish regime continued its aggression against Afrin city in Aleppo northern countryside through shelling residential neighborhoods with different types of weapons, leaving more civilians dead, mostly children and women, in addition to causing huge damage to the houses. Civil sources told SANA that the continued shelling by forces of the Turkish regime on […]

‘Double standards’: Kurds slam US for not fighting ‘Turkish occupation’ of Afrin (VIDEO)

“With the coalition, especially the US forces, we saw some double standards,” a Kurdish military officer by the name of Khalil told RT’s Ruptly agency. “What we demand from the US, in particular, is to fulfil the promises to the [US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces] – that is to protect the liberated areas, including Afrin, which, […]

Turkey invades Afrin: the Kurds lose again

By Aram Mirzaei for The Saker Blog After weeks of belligerent rhetoric and preparations, Turkey finally invaded Afrin last week. It came as no surprise that Turkey would go for this vulnerable Kurdish-held region in north-western Syria first. So how does this affect the war? Previous Turkish incursions have been limited and aimed at stopping what […]

Germany freezes upgrade of Turkish Leopard tanks amid Afrin op – govt spokesman

US ‘needs to stop supporting terrorists’ to avoid possible clash with Turkey in Syria – Deputy PM Germany will not be making any decision on “critical arms transfers” to its NATO ally Turkey, including the much-awaited upgrade of German-manufactured Leopard tanks, because of the military operation against the Syrian Kurds, Spiegel magazine earlier reported. Instead, […]

Erdogan rebuffs US over his Afrin adventure: ‘How long will you be in Iraq & Afghanistan?

Today, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has rebuffed US calls to cutain Turkey’s military offense in Afrin, Syria, citing Washington’s 17 year-long military occupation of Afghanistan and Iraq. Although Erdogan has a point regarding the obvious US sins of Afghanistan and Iraq, it would have been a better point to make that the US currently […]

Turkish Army extends Syria operation to Azaz district, east of Afrin – state media

The Turkish military have thus continued their operation’s ground phase, which began on Sunday. Ankara said 153 targets were struck as of Sunday evening, including units of Kurdish forces and Islamic State (IS, formerly ISIS). President Tayyip Erdogan said on Monday that Turkey would not take a step back from the operation in the Afrin […]

Those who help Kurdish fighters in Afrin will become Turkey’s targets – PM Yildirim

READ MORE: Turkish armored division advances into Syria’s Afrin (WATCH LIVE) When asked what would happen if the US provided logistical support to the Kurdish Peoples’s Protection Units (YPG), Yildirim stated that any party providing such support would be added to “Turkey’s targets.” The comment was made during a Sunday meeting between the prime minister and […]

Erdogan vows swift end to Afrin operation, warns pro-Kurdish opposition against taking to streets

“We will complete the operation in a very short time,” Erdogan said, addressing a huge crowd of supporters in the north-western city of Bursa on Sunday. The Turkish leader added that the pro-Kurdish opposition and PKK had failed to call people for protests and warned that Turkish forces “are following their every step.”“Know that wherever […]

Turkey launched ground invasion of Syria’s Afrin to clear YPG and PKK from area west of the Euphrates

Christof Lehmann (nsnbc) : After an initial areal attack, Turkey has launched its ground operation aimed to clear out the Syrian – Kurdish People’s […]

Turkish field op against Afrin Kurds ‘de facto underway’ – Erdogan

“The Afrin operation has de facto been started on the ground,” Erdogan said in a televised speech in the city of Kutahya, as cited by AFP. Ankara says ‘has no option’ but to attack Syrian Kurds in Afrin, starts cross-border shelling “This will be followed by Manbij,” he added, referring to a Kurdish-controlled town in […]

Turkey started shelling Syrian – Kurdish town of Afrin, allegedly to prevent terror corridor

nsnbc : Turkey on Friday started shelling the Syrian – Kurdish town of Afrin in Syrian Kurdistan. The town is held by the U.S.-backed […]

Turkish-backed forces cross Syrian border as Afrin Op ‘De Facto’ starts – Media

According to Turkis DHA news agency, 20 buses with fighters from the Ankara-backed Free Syrian Army have crossed from Turkish Kilis into Syrian territory and are moving toward Azaz. However, no official confirmation has followed so far. An operation in Syria’s Afrin has started “de facto” with cross-border shelling, however, no troops have been deployed in the city, Turkish Defense Minister Nurettin Canikli said in an […]

Iran, Russia send military delegation to Afrin

FNA- Kurdish sources reported that a Russian-Iranian military delegation has recently been dispatched to Northern Aleppo to study the situation in the strategic town of Afrin after Turkey’s recent threats to launch ground assault against the town. Al-Darar al-Shamiyeh news website affiliated to the dissidents quoted the sources as saying that the delegation has entered […]

SDF IN AFRIN HAS TO CHOOSE BETWEEN TURKISH INVASION AND HANDING OVER AREA TO SYRIAN GOVERNMENT – REPORTS

South Front According to some Kurdish sources, Russia has informed the Kurdish Democratic Union Party (PYD) in Afrin that it has to choose between a Turkish invasion of in the area and the handover of the area to the Syrian government. The source also claimed that Russia had been asked by the PYD to protect it […]

Turkey wants to clear YPG out of Afrin to protect its own security: Deputy Prime Minister Kaynak

nsnbc : Turkish Deputy Prime Minister Veysi Kaynak said that the Kurdish city of Afrin on the Syrian side of the country’s southern border has […]

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