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| Turkish artillery hammers airfield near Aleppo |
| 2016-02-13 |
| By Chris Covert Rantburg.com Only hours after declaring a general military mobilization, Turkish troops hit a military airfield near AleppoSsaturday morning, according to Russian language news accounts. According to a news report posted on Komsomol Pravda, Turkish troops hit the Minneh air base using mortars. The airbase, which Russian press say lies on a strategic road that leads to the Turkish border, was taken over by Kurdish troops two days ago. The airfield had been occupied by al-Nusra troops, which took it in 2013. The Turkish mobilization was noted by the pro Turkey Azerbaijani news outlet Haqqin.az. According to the Russian language reports, a Turkish reserve lieutenant identified as Rashad Mammadov tweeted that he had received notification to come to the military recruitment office with all his military equipment. The tweet was deleted and the Twitter account was closed a short time later, but it was noted a screen shot of the tweet was recorded. A Kurdish military commander said that the Turkish artillery attack did massive damage to the airfield and to a nearby village identified as Marinaz. The Komsomol Pravda report said that the road along which the airport is sited runs to the Turkish border towns of Azaz and Tell Rifaat. The report said the road has been used by Turkey to support the rebels Turkey has been financing. A separate Russian language news account which appeared in regnum.ru said that on Thursday Turkish artillery hit targets in the northern Syrian border town of Kessab. Soddy troops in Turkey According to another regnum.ru news account, Saudi Arabian troops have been flown to Incirlik air base, and according to a quote by Turkish foreign minister Mevlut Cavusoglu, will participate in a ground offensive in Syria. Another regnum.ru report said that the Saudi troops include special forces ground troops and combat aircraft. Chris Covert writes for rantburg.com |
| Posted by:badanov |
| #1 So Turkey was fine with the base when it was controlled by Al Qaeda but not when controlled by the Kurds. Isn't that interesting and informative. |
| Posted by: Sven the pelter 2016-02-13 15:14 |