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| Turkey denies reports Syria will help YPG in Afrin | |
| 2018-02-20 | |
...the only place on the face of the earth that misses the Ottoman Empire.... 's deputy prime minister has dismissed as "false" media reports that Syrian government forces were poised to enter a Kurdish enclave in Syria's Afrin. Bekir Bozdag, however, warned any move by Syrian soldiers to help the Kurdish People's Protection Units, or YPG, repel a Turkey will continue its air and ground offensive against the YPG "with determination until the last terrorist is rendered ineffective", Bozdag told news hounds after a weekly cabinet meeting on Monday. He was responding to a report by the Syrian state-run SANA news agency earlier in the day that said pro-government forces would enter Afrin "within a few hours to support its people's stand against The report by SANA raised fears of a potential clash between SANA said the planned deployment followed an agreement between the Syrian government and the YPG. But a front man for the YPG denied agreeing on a deal with Damascus. | |
| Posted by:Fred |