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Syria-Lebanon-Iran
Turkish-backed rebels expand control over southern Afrin, Kurds invite Assad to join the fun
2018-02-17
[ALMASDARNEWS] The Ottoman Turkish-backed rebels continued their advance in the Afrin region of Aleppo this week, capturing several sites from the Kurdish-led People’s Protection Units (YPG) at the Jandaris axis.

Led by the Faylaq al-Sham faction of the Free Syrian Army
... the more palatable version of the Syrian insurgency, heavily influenced by the Moslem Brüderbund...
 (FSA), the Ottoman Turkish-backed rebels managed to capture the town of Daywan Fouqani in southern Afrin on Thursday after a fierce battle with the the YPG forces in the area.

As a result of this advance, the Ottoman Turkish-backed rebels were able to expand their buffer-zone around the Jandaris axis.

Syrian Army can be present in any part of Afrin: YPG media adviser
[ALMASDARNEWS] The media adviser of the People’s Protection Units (YPG), Rizan Haddou, told al-Mayadeen TV on Friday that the Syrian Arab Army (SAA) can be present in any part of the Afrin region.

Haddou told the Lebanese channel that the YPG applauded the Syrian Army for downing the Israeli F-16 last week and added that he hopes they shoot down a Ottoman Turkish warplane too.

The YPG media adviser stated that Afrin is Syrian land and part of Syria, so the SAA is welcome to enter this region at any juncture.
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