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Syria-Lebanon-Iran
Backgrounder on Afrin regarding Russia, US and Turkey and Kurds
2018-01-20
[JP]
On Friday, Turkey increased its shelling of the Kurdish-held Afrin enclave in northern Syria. According to the Kurdish People’s Protection Units (YPG) up to 70 artillery shells were fired during the night.

While Turkey has threatened to invade the Kurdish area, which it says is being controlled by terrorists aligned with the Kurdistan Workers Party, Syria has threatened to shoot down Turkish warplanes in case of any attack on Syria’s territory. The war of words in northern Syria puts the US and Russia in a bind because the US is allied with the Kurds in eastern Syria while Russia has been a close ally of the Syrian regime.

At the link the short and sweet of it is the US and Russia have pulled advisors away and Israel wonders about stuff. Sigh..
Posted by:3dc

#1  seen articles assuring us that YPG has nothing to do with PKK (Pushy Kurdish Kommies), but then we were also assured that Sein Fein had nothing to do with the IRA.
Posted by: Slavins Uneath9257   2018-01-20 06:36  

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