Kurdish fighters vow to fight Turkey army after Afrin withdrawal
[Al Jazeera] Kurdish fighters in the northwestern Syrian region of Afrin have vowed to continue fighting
...the only place on the face of the earth that misses the Ottoman Empire....
's forces and Turkey-backed rebel groups, by shifting from direct confrontation to guerrilla tactics.
Meanwhile,
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the Free Syrian Army
... the more palatable version of the Syrian insurgency, heavily influenced by the Moslem Brüderbund...
(FSA) rebels and
"Our forces are present all over Afrin's geography. These forces will strike the positions of the
"Our forces all over Afrin will become a constant nightmare for them," he added.
"Many of the
... Turkey's version of Mohammed Morsi but they voted him back in so they deserve him. It's a sin, a shame, and a felony to insult the president of Turkey...said in a speech in western Turkey on Sunday after he announced that Afrin's city centre was captured at 8:30am local time (05:00 GMT) on the same day.
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Turkey delivers 30 tonnes of aid during Afrin operation in Syria
[Al Jazeera]
...the decaying remnant of the Ottoman Empire....
's disaster management agency has distributed more than 30 tonnes of humanitarian aid
throughout Afrin since Ankara launched military operations in the northwestern Syrian region on January 20.According to a statement sent by the AFAD Authority to Al Jazeera on Monday, the agency plans to set up camps to house 170,000 people around Syria's Idlib province, as well as
The camps will assist civilian movement towards these areas, AFAD said.
... the more palatable version of the Syrian insurgency, heavily influenced by the Moslem Brüderbund...
(FSA) fighters started the military operation into Afrin in late January to remove a US-backed Kurdish militia - known as the People's Protection Units (YPG) - near its border. Ankara describes the gang as "terrorists".
FSA fighters, backed by Turkey's special forces and heavy weapons, captured the centre of Afrin on Sunday after the YPG, which controlled the city, pulled out.
Syria slams Turkey 'occupation' of Afrin, demands withdrawal
[ARABNEWS] Syria's foreign ministry on Monday slammed
...the only place on the face of the earth that misses the Ottoman Empire....
's takeover of Afrin, demanding it "immediately" pull its forces from the northwestern city.
Ankara and allied rebel groups captured the city from the Kurdish People's Protection Units (YPG) on Sunday, after a two-month offensive on the broader Afrin region.
The foreign ministry in Damascus sent two letters on Monday to the United Nations
...an organization which on balance has done more bad than good, with the good not done well and the bad done thoroughly...
, protesting the capture as "illegitimate".
"Syria condemns the
"Turkey's behavior and attacks do not only threaten citizens and the unity of Syria's land and people -- they also prolong the war on Syria," it added.
Damascus has repeatedly criticised Turkey for its military operations on Syrian soil, accusing it of supporting "terrorist" groups.
Bomb blast in Syria's Afrin kills 7 civilians, four Syrian rebels: Anadolu
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The explosion hit after the Syrian rebels swept into the town with Turkish forces on Sunday, declaring full control after an eight-week campaign to drive out Kurdish YPG forces.
Anadolu said the bomb, which it described as planted by terrorists, exploded as the Syrian fighters conducted a search. It ripped out a hole four metres (4.37 yards) deep and badly damaged other buildings and vehicles, it said.