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Syrian regime forces intensify shelling of Turkmen regions
[Hurriyet] Syrian  Hereditary President-for-Life Bashir Pencilneckal-Assad Light of the Alawites... 's forces have intensified the shelling of Kizildag, a strategic point in northwestern Syria controlled by Turkmen forces, daily Hurriyet has reported. Regime forces had made significant progress around Turkmen Mountain and its environs during festivities over the last 12 days before eventually facing Turkmen resistance just in front of the Turkish border. However, we can't all be heroes. Somebody has to sit on the curb and applaud when they go by... al-Assad's forces, who retreated to the Kessab hillsides, continued their uninterrupted shelling of Kizildag on Turkmen Mountain on Nov. 25. Intensive attacks in Jabal al-Akrad, a neighborhood of Turkmen villages, were also ongoing, according to local sources. Emrah Celik, a 27-year-old district organization member of the Justice and Development Party (AKP) in northwestern Tekirdag province who joined the Turkmen forces voluntarily, said the 2nd Coastal Division has been fighting against regime forces for the last seven months. "We are defending Turkmen Mountain and our region against powerful countries, al-Assad, who has the backing of Russia and Iran, the Islamic State ...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're very devout, committing every atrocity they can find in the Koran and inventing a few more. They fling Allaharound with every other sentence, but to hear the pols talk they're not reallyMoslems.... of Iraq and the Levant [ISIL] and the Democratic Union Party [PYD], despite all impossibilities under harsh conditions. ...the only place on the face of the earth that misses the Ottoman Empire.... has always been accompanying us. We are staying up all night in tents and at positions. Despite all the tough conditions, Turkmen Mountain will not fall and, God willing, Turkmens will be victorious. We are also handing out aid to the locals. Our priority is the peace and comfort of our people," said Celik. Posted by: trailing wife 2015-11-27 |
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