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2018-01-14 Syria-Lebanon-Iran

Turkey says it will oust Kurdish militants from Afrin, Syria

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Posted by trailing wife 2018-01-14 00:00|| || Front Page|| [9 views ] Top
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#1 At some point Russia will hurt Turkey. The drone attack from a Turkish associated rebel group in a Turkish protected zone really upset them.

Posted by 3dc 2018-01-14 01:00|| 2018-01-14 01:00|| Front Page Top

#2 Is that who did it, 3dc? I missed the identification of the miscreants.

Posted by trailing wife 2018-01-14 01:30|| 2018-01-14 01:30|| Front Page Top

#3 At some point Russia will hurt Turkey

They been in "Turkey harming" mindset for 500+ years - Russians see Russia as heir of Byzantium (third Rome).

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2018-01-14 03:15|| 2018-01-14 03:15|| Front Page Top

#4 It was in some Twitter posts from Russia. The actual jihadist groups name didn’t translate well with google . It was a group in an area of Turkish control

Posted by 3dc 2018-01-14 04:17|| 2018-01-14 04:17|| Front Page Top

#5 badanov reads Russian, as does Fred. Perhaps they could help, if you can find the tweets again, 3dc. Though jihadi groups change names and personnel as quickly as minor rock groups, as far sa I can tell, so the name may not matter as much as the area of operation.

Posted by trailing wife 2018-01-14 10:01|| 2018-01-14 10:01|| Front Page Top

#6 The article was on the burg a few days ago.

Posted by rammer 2018-01-14 14:54|| 2018-01-14 14:54|| Front Page Top

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