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| Western-backed Syrian forces make new gains in Aleppo |
| 2016-02-17 |
| ALEPPO – Kurdish-Arab alliance of the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) made new gains against Islamist rebels in Syria’s northern Aleppo province, military sources reported on Tuesday. Subsequent to clashes with militant fighters of al-Nusra Front (al-Qaeda wing in Syria) and the Islamic Movement of Ahrar al-Sham, the western-backed SDF units captured several villages in the northern countryside of Aleppo. “Our forces liberated the town of Sheikh Issa and a number of villages in its suburbs north of Aleppo after clashes with the Islamist fighters of Nusra and Ahrar al-Sham,” SDF spokesman Ahmed al-Omar told ARA News. At least 18 Islamist fighters were killed in the clashes, while the SDF lost four members in Tuesday’s operations. This comes just a day after the Kurdish YPG fighters and SDF allies took control of the strategic Tel Rafaat town –one of the main supply routes for the radical Islamist groups in northern Aleppo. The SDF advance comes amid continuous shelling by the Turkish army on the Kurdish positions in northern Aleppo. Turkey’s bombardment on the Kurdish units was considered as a direct support to Syrian Islamist groups, including Nusra Front–al-Qaeda wing in Syria. |
| Posted by:badanov |
| #6 Don't hold back, # 5 swksvolFF. Tell us what you really think. :-D |
| Posted by: Barbara 2016-02-17 21:26 |
| #5 Besides, it would be a little...uncomfortable..for the president, if news of the Klobbering Kurds of Kobane, the saviors of the Yazidis and other persecuted minorities, and the only group with the nuts and bolts to go toe-to-toe with the ISJV, armed with basic weapons, and kick them right in the dick, if that got out, why it would take the sheen right off of Obama's bracket picks. |
| Posted by: swksvolFF 2016-02-17 18:41 |
| #4 ssshhhh..the freighter isn't finished yet. A Team Assad Kurdish region with Russia as a protectorate right on Turkey's border would put an extra curl in Erdy's slippers. And a Kurdish region or even talk of a Kurdistan in the Russia/Iran axis would put an extra twist in his turban. It is no wonder Erdy is pounding his tiny fists on the War Drum again. I'm sorry, the Somebody Else Fight My War Drum. |
| Posted by: swksvolFF 2016-02-17 18:29 |
| #3 Yes, BP, I'm afraid you're correct. |
| Posted by: AlanC 2016-02-17 10:17 |
| #2 Is the Kurds throwing their lot in with Assad and Putin a sign the west has let them down so badly turning a totally blind eye to Turkey/ISIS overlaps... MSM = State broadcasters. |
| Posted by: Bright Pebbles 2016-02-17 10:00 |
| #1 The Kurds have been helped big time by the Russian air attacks. In effect, they (the Kurds) are becoming part of the Russia/Hezbollah/Iran support for the Assad regime. And this hasn't been noticed by a single media org. |
| Posted by: lord garth 2016-02-17 09:00 |