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Syria-Lebanon-Iran
Turkey bombs US-backed militants in northern Syria
2018-02-10
[PRESSTV] The Sick Man of Europe Turkey
...the only place on the face of the earth that misses the Ottoman Empire....
 has bombed US-backed Kurdish fighters in Afrin with impunity, just after Washington cited an alleged attack on the snuffies to target pro-government forces in Syria.

The Ottoman Turkish army said in a statement on Friday that the overnight strikes destroyed 19 targets, including ammunition depots, shelters and gun positions, state-run Anadolu news agency said.

The so-called Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said seven US-backed snuffies with the Kurdish People’s Protection Units (YPG) as well as two non-combatants were killed in the attacks.

Turkey began the attacks on January 20, but halted them after Lions of Islam downed a Russian jet in the northwestern Syria province of Idlib, in order to allow Moscow to reinforce its air defense system.

The offensive is aimed at the YPG, which Turkey says bears ties with anti-Ankara holy warriors.

The Ottoman Turkish raid against Washington-backed forces comes two days after the US attacked pro-Damascus forces in the western Syrian province of Dayr al-Zawr, reportedly killing more than 100 of them as the fighters were engaged in an anti-ISIS operation.

Posted by:Fred

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