Posts Tagged ‘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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