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| US special forces, Turkey-led rebels exchange blows in north Aleppo |
| 2017-08-30 |
| [AlMasdar] According to CNN reports, US special forces troops and Turkey-backed militants have engaged each other in northern Aleppo Governorate. Reports say that the firefights took place near the strategic town of Manbij in countryside controlled by the US-backed, Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF). No casualties have been observed on the side of US special forces. Furthermore, representatives of the US-led anti-ISIS coalition have directed a formal complaint towards the Ankara government regarding the event. At this point, it is not clear which side initiated the firefight. VIDEO: Kurdish forces in Afrin hit by rebel artillery barrage [AlMasdar] Turkey-backed Free Syrian Army (FSA) militants have recently carried out a heavy bombardment of the Kurdish People Protection Unit’s (YPG) lines in the Afrin region of northern Aleppo Governorate in a clear attempt to harass their forward-most positions. The FSA used a number of 81-mm medium mortars in the attack coupled with a drone to observe shell impacts, assess battle damage and adjust fire accordingly. Pro-rebel media claims that FSA mortar units scored at least one direct hit on a Kurdish position and indeed it appears that (at the end of the video) a militant shell hits an elevated YPG fortification. Artillery duels between the YPG and Turkey-backed rebels in northern Aleppo are an almost daily event now. |
| Posted by:trailing wife |
| #3 Turkes treated as hostiles yet? Perhaps they should be. |
| Posted by: Injun Bucket8891 2017-08-30 23:13 |
| #2 Rather indirectly "NATO member" led operation, though. |
| Posted by: Pappy 2017-08-30 11:03 |
| #1 Renegade NATO member firing on U.S. forces? I'd wager Vlad Putin is delighted. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2017-08-30 07:23 |