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2018-02-12 Syria-Lebanon-Iran

Turkey-led forces advance on one of Afrin’s largest towns following latest gains against Kurdish fighters

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Posted by Fred 2018-02-12 00:00|| || Front Page|| [9 views ] Top
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#1 These are kill boxes the YPG is using against the Turks. They are pockets of Syrian areas the Kurds are using as kill zones since they are not attacking the Turks on Turkish soil which would trigger NATO member defence agreements.

The Turks loose blood everytime they advance and then more come in to die to try to hold the ground. The Kurds are giving and then retaking ground every day.

Posted by Omeger Gray6606 2018-02-12 04:28|| 2018-02-12 04:28|| Front Page Top

#2 Yesterday it was reported with video that a Turk helicopter was downed. What was not reported was a second larger helicopter was downed killing 9 Turks being transported in the Afrin area.

Posted by Omeger Gray6606 2018-02-12 04:53|| 2018-02-12 04:53|| Front Page Top

#3 Thank you so much for explaining, Omeger Gray6606! Deliberate kill boxes had not occurred to me.

Posted by trailing wife 2018-02-12 10:01|| 2018-02-12 10:01|| Front Page Top

These are the YPG kill boxes in green along. Yellow is the traditional Afrin Canton. The green indentions at the top and left side of the maps were for the most part the same 23 days ago. They have not changed much at all.

The Turks cannot do a thunder run for two reasons; 1) The mountains. Several Turk road construction pieces were destroyed by the YPG preventing the Turk armor from having the ability to clear the mountains. 2) When tank does get to the front line or beyond, it is easily taken out by ATGMs.

The YPG cannot fire across the border into Turkey or the NATO agreement is triggered that requires NATO to come to NATO allie Turkey.

The Turks have the ability to race back across the border to regroup and attack again. In one battle the Turks and their Islamic FSA attacked 4 times in the North but lost dozens of people.

At the same time, the YPG is getting stronger and stronger as help arrives from across the region. They are now venturing behind the FSA/Turk lines at AZAZ to the right in guerilla search and destroy missions against the Turks at their assembly points.

The YPG has come a long way since Kobane and fighting with rusty AK47s. Many commenters here said they needed artillery. Now they have artillery and ATGMs and the mountains.

Posted by Ulaigum Ebbineng7056 2018-02-12 18:43|| 2018-02-12 18:43|| Front Page Top

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