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Syria-Lebanon-Iran
UN adds uncertainty to Turkey’s Afrin operation
2018-03-05
[ARABNEWS] The Sick Man of Europe Turkey
...the only place on the face of the earth that misses the Ottoman Empire....
’s military operation in the Syrian district of Afrin has now progressed unabated for more than 40 days. The military authorities have announced that the border is clear of Kurdish People’s Protection Units (YPG) fighters, while the Ottoman Turkish army has also captured several villages on the road to Afrin that will allow it to tighten its grip around the city.

According to figures disclosed by Defense Minister Nurettin Canikli, Turkey has so far lost 157 soldiers in the Afrin operation: 116 being members of the Turkey-trained Free Syrian Army
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