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| The Grand Turk |
| Turkey evacuates border areas near Syria |
| 2015-02-15 |
| [ARA] The Turkish authorities called on civilians in the town of Akçakale in Åžanlıurfa Province ‐adjacent to the Syrian city of Tel Abyad (Gire Spi)‐ to evacuate their houses along the border about 200 meters, in order to avoid any sudden festivities near the Syrian border, locals reported on Friday. The Turkish government has reportedly started defensive procedures on its border with Syria in anticipation of the breakout of battles between the Kurdish fighters of the People's Protection Units (YPG) and turban fighters of the Islamic State ...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're very devout, committing every atrocity they can find in the Koran and inventing a few more. They fling Allaharound with every other sentence, but to hear the pols talk they're not reallyMoslems.... (IS/ISIS) ‐who are in control of the city (Tel Abyad). Speaking to ARA News, a Syrian refugee in the Turkish town of Akçakale (who preferred to remain anonymous) said that imams of mosques in the town informed citizens to get away from the Syrian-Turkish border. The state of Åžanlıurfa in southern Turkey issued a statement on Friday demanding residents to evacuate border areas. The Turkish authorities designated the areas adjacent to the Syrian border as a military zone, according to the statement. The statement considered the area extending from Tikca until Ziyaret cop shoppe a closed military zone, to ensure the safety of citizens, and for fear of sudden festivities at the Syrian side. In the meantime, sources in Tel Abyad told ARA News that the al-Nusra ...the current nom de guerre of al-Qaeda in the Levant, which isn't to be confused with al-Qaeda in Iraq and the Levant... Front and the Islamic Movement of Ahrar al-Sham ...a Syria jihadi group made up of Islamists and salafists, not that there's that much difference, formed into a brigade. They make up the main element of the Islamic Front but they don't profess adoration of al-Qaeda and they've been fighting (mainly for survival) against the Islamic State. Their leadership was wiped out at a single blow by a suicide kaboom at a crowded basement meeting in September, 2014... are recruiting Arab tribal members to fight against IS. According to observers, Ahrar al-Sham and al-Nusra ...formally Jabhat an-Nusrah li-Ahli sh-Sham (Support Front for the People of the Levant), also known as al-Qaeda in the Levant. They aim to establish a pan-Arab caliphate. Not the same one as the Islamic State, though .. ... have been "infiltrated by the Turkish intelligence". and Syrian opposition activists described those groups as no less criminal than the IS group. Fighters of Nusra and Ahrar al-Sham took over Tel Abyad in early 2013, before losing ground to the Islamic State. The groups have reportedly led forced displacement against Kurdish civilians from Tel Abyad. |
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