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Rantburg Exclusive: 2/19/2018 SDF Battle Field Combat Report, Afrin Canton, Syria
1- Afrin: with the arrival of the vanguard of the public delegations to Afrin coming from Aleppo, the Turkish occupation army and the terrorist factions have began to shell the city center of Afrin by heavy artillery, the shelling is still ongoing until writing this report, where the shelling is focused on Tranda neighborhood in Afrin.2- Raju: Raju township was a target of a brutal bombardment by the Turkish war-jets since yesterday at 3 pm until the midnight accompanied by artillery shelling. Also, Khalilka village and its vicinity were arenas for fierce engagements between our forces and the Turkish occupation army and its terrorists factions (Daesh/Al-Nusra). The clashes started last night, where our forces confirmed the death of 7 enemy soldiers. Later, the clashes expanded to Hajika village accompanied by artillery shelling lasted to the midnight. 3- Sharra: last night at 7 pm, the Turkish occupation army and its terrorist factions had bombed Alika village by heavy artillery. The bombardment lasted to the midnight. Since last night and even the moment of preparation of this report, the Turkish jets did not calm down, where Deir Sawan village down to Nabi Horri castle and Halobiyah village in addition to Maydanki village, were targets of the Turkish air strikes and artillery, coincided with the outbreak of fierce clashes between our forces and the invaders which was ongoing until writing this report. 4- Jinderes: the villages along the border were targets for the Turkish raids and artillery accompanied by heavy clashes between our forces and the terrorist invaders. The sporadic shelling is still ongoing until writing this report. 5- Mabatah: the Turkish invasion army and its terrorist allies (Daesh/Al-Nusra) shelled indiscriminately on the downtown of Mabatah and the surrounding villages. The bombardment is continuous until the preparation of this report. 6- Basutah: Basutah and the surrounding villages were exposed to a brutal bombardment by the Turkish invasion army and terrorist factions. The bombardment targeted the populated neighborhoods, which accordingly, several civilians got martyred and wounded including women and children. SDF Media Center 19-Feb-2018 A thirteen year old child was killed by NATO member Turkey via heavy and indiscriminate artillery and air strikes against civilian areas. YPG had warned civilians two days ago to move out of those areas as if they anticipated an increase in indiscriminate bombing due to their frustration with Olive Branch.  Erdogan has responded to word that Syria may support the YPG in the Afrin Canton by warning Syria that they will be attacked if they do. The street in front of the US Embassy in Turkey has been renamed Olive Branch.
Posted by: Ulaigum Ebbineng7056 2018-02-20 |
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