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Turkey vows to expand operation against Kurds in Syria
[DAWN] ...the decaying remnant of the Ottoman Empire.... vowed on Monday to expand its operation in northern Syria to other Kurdish-held areas after its troops and allied forces seized control of the city of Afrin in a major blow to the Kurds. A day after  ... Turkey's version of Mohammed Morsi but they voted him back in so they deserve him. It's a sin, a shame, and a felony to insult the president of Turkey...said the fight would now be taken to other Kurdish areas of northern Syria. "We will continue this process until we entirely eliminate this corridor, including in Manbij, Ayn al-Arab, Tal Abyad, Ras al-Ayn and Qamishli," said the Syria’s civil war entered its eighth year this week with heavy fighting on two fronts ‐ around Afrin and in the rebel enclave of Eastern Ghouta near Damascus. In Afrin, the Kurdish People’s Protection Units (YPG) could do little when Syrian Arab fighters backed by NATO ...the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. A cautionary tale of cost-benefit analysis.... ’s second-largest army thrust into the city on Sunday. The fighters, mostly former rebels who fought President Bashir al-Assad, celebrated their victory by destroying the statue of Kurdish hero Kawa and looting shops and other property. The pillaging drew widespread condemnation, including from Syrian opposition groups supporting the Turkish intervention.
Posted by: Fred 2018-03-21 |
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