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| Rantburg Exclusive: 2/17/2018 SDF Battle Field Combat Report Afrin, Syria |
| 2018-02-18 |
| 1-Shiyah: Aranda village was a target for the Turkish army and Al-Nusra/Daesh brutal shelling. The shells are likely to contain poisonous gases or internationally banned chemicals. Many cases arrived to Afrin Hospital to receive treatment amidst shameful international silence towards the terrorism against our people. 2- Sherawa: there were heavy shelling on Anabki and Gelber villages since the early hours of this morning. The source of the shells was Azaz city. 3- Sharra: the invaders bombarded the mosque of Maryamin village, where the village has been exposed to heavy shelling since this morning. Also Sarinjik and Gobalaka villages have been shelled by artillery, where the primary casualties is the death of a women and a man in addition to other wounded. The shelling was still ongoing till writing this report. 4- Belbeleh: Hassan Dera village has been shelled by the Turkish artillery since the early morning. 5- Raju: in Shadiyah village, there is ethnic purge and displacement for the villagers, where a group of Daesh terrorists who were kikcked out of Shiyukh in 2015 by YPG and the coalition, have emerged in a footage shuttered in Shadiyah village threatening the Kurds of ethnic purge, displacement and control over their villages and houses. ( videotaped) https://youtu.be/AvRfsiFi82A In two spontaneous military operations carried out a special units of our forces, our special units attacked to points for the invaders who attacked Qodah and Balilka villages. Our forces were able to surprise the enemy in its points in Qodah village and kill 7 Turkish soldiers in addition to other wounded. While the engagements in Balilka village resulted in the killing of 6 Turkish invasion soldiers. 6- Jinderes: Fierce clashes broke out between our forces and the Turkish invasion army and its Daesh/Al-Nusra terrorists in the vicinity of Dewa village, where 2 terrorists were confirmed killed and the clashes still ongoing until writing the report. SDF MEDIA CENTER 17-FEB-2018 Washington Post and AP reporters interviewed FSA elements, also referred to Al Qaeda and published a sympathetic report on their cause explaining why their progress in Aftin has been limited. Below is a video of a Kurdish unit being watched by a Turk drone which results in them being possibly destroyed in what appears to be an air strike a few days ago. |
| Posted by:Ulaigum Ebbineng7056 |
| #3 So.. Turkey is about to join Syria, Libya, Yemen and Iraq in full FAILED STATE mode? |
| Posted by: 3dc 2018-02-18 10:13 |
| #2 The YPG has executed a military strike in Turkey. “Our forces have made a point-blank attack against the center for the collection of Turkish invasion troops and terrorists Jabhat an Nusra, as well as their command post in the village of QiriXane in the Turkish province of Hatay. Our fighters confirmed the killing of seven terrorists, including Turkish soldiers, in addition to a large number of wounded,” the media center said. SDF media center Also YPG states that they use their international right of self defense against military targets. |
| Posted by: Ulaigum Ebbineng7056 2018-02-18 01:03 |
| #1 "The shells are likely to contain poisonous gases or internationally banned chemicals" Via @Bellingcat: @EliotHiggins 7h 7 hours ago Replying to @CloseDanger @bellingcat I've seen videos of the victims being treated, but the symptoms aren't strong enough to determine a possible cause. |
| Posted by: newc 2018-02-18 00:44 |