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| Turkey deploying troops to Syria’s militant-held Idlib: Report |
| 2017-05-08 |
| [Iran Press TV] The Turkish army is set to deploy forces to Syria’s holy warrior-controlled northwestern Idlib province and establish military bases there, a report says. The Beirut-based al-Mayadeen TV channel cited sources as saying on Saturday that the Turkish military had sent a telegram to holy warrior groups operating in Idlib and informed them of the deployment. Turkish forces, it said, would not attack the Jabhat Fateh al-Sham ...formerly al-Nusra, the current false nose and mustache of al-Qaeda in the Levant... terrorist group, formerly known as al-Nusra ...formally Jabhat an-Nusrah li-Ahli al-Sham (Support Front for the People of the Levant), also known as al-Qaeda in the Levant. They aim to establish a pan-Arab caliphate. Not the same one as the Islamic State, though .. ... Front, but would engage in a "diplomatic" process and push them to evacuate Idlib and hand over their positions to the Turkish army. A Turkish envoy had personally conveyed the message during a meeting with holy warrior ringleaders in Idlib, the report said. "The Turkish forces will temporarily deploy inside the border villages with armored vehicles and infantry forces as a first step," the telegram read. It further urged the gunnies not to consider the Turkish troops as forces of occupation as it issued "security warning" against any resistance. The report quoted a breakaway Syrian officer with the gunnies as confirming the Turkish army's preparation to enter Idlib and establish military bases there. However, a person who gets all wrapped up in himself makes a mighty small package... the governor's office in the southern Turkish province of Hatay denied the report. "Such statements that were claimed by some Arabic websites and social media accounts saying that the Turkish army will enter the Idlib region are not reflecting the truth," it said in a statement. |
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