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Turkish threats leave Syria Kurds in fear for Kobane
[ARABNEWS] In the Syrian Kurdish city of Kobane, gripped by fear of a "ISIS destroyed these buildings," the local baker said. That danger has passed, but now, he says: "Turkiye wants to destroy the rest of the city." Since Sunday, Turkiye has carried out  ...KABOOM!... s against the semi-autonomous Kurdish zones in north and northeastern Syria, and across the border in Iraq. Those raids, which started in Kobane, have killed 58 Kurdish fighters and Syrian soldiers as well as a Kurdish journalist, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said. Ankara has threatened a ground offensive and made clear that Kobane, also known as Ayn al-Arab, would be a primary objective. US-supported Syrian Democratic Forces, now the Kurds’ de facto army in the area, led the battle that dislodged ISIS fighters from the last scraps of their Syrian territory in 2019. Years before, in 2015, Kurdish forces drove ISIS from Kobane, on the border with Turkiye, and the city became a symbol of their victory against ISIS. To keep the memories of the combat alive, Kurdish authorities erected a cordon around a group of destroyed buildings, burnt-out vehicles and missile remnants, dubbing the area the Kobane "museum." While the football World Cup in Qatar ...an emirate on the east coast of the Arabian Peninsula. It sits on some really productive gas and oil deposits, which produces the highest per capita income in the world. They piss it all away on religion, financing the Moslem Brotherhood and several al-Qaeda affiliates. Home of nutbag holy manYusuf al-Qaradawi... has captured some residents’ attention, tension can be read on their faces. Most fled the combat with ISIS before slowly returning and rebuilding. "We fought ISIS for the whole world, and today the world closes its eyes and acts like an ostrich while Turkiye bombs," said the baker Khalil, 42. One week after a bombing in Istanbul on November 13 that killed six people and maimed 81, Ankara said it launched air strikes from "70 planes and drones" against Kurdish bases in Iraq and Syria, starting with Kobane. Turkiye blamed the Istanbul bombing on the Kurdistan Workers’ Party — designated a terrorist group by the EU and the US — and said it was ordered from Kobane. Posted by: Fred 2022-11-26 |
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