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Syria-Lebanon-Iran
Turkey says 5 soldiers killed in Syria's Afrin as offensive continues
2018-01-31
[PRESSTV] The Sick Man of Europe Turkey
...the only place on the face of the earth that misses the Ottoman Empire....
’s Defense Minister Nurettin Canikli says five Ottoman Turkish soldiers and 24 allied gunnies from the so-called Free Syrian Army
... the more palatable version of the Syrian insurgency, heavily influenced by the Moslem Brüderbund...
(FSA) have bit the dust in the ongoing cross-border offensive in Syria’s northwestern region of Afrin against the Kurdish People’s Protection Units (YPG).

Addressing parliament on Tuesday, Canikli denied reports of civilian deaths in the offensive, saying, "No civilian has been harmed in Operation Olive Branch of Ottoman Turkish Armed Forces and the FSA."

He added that a total of 649 YPG gunnies had been killed since the beginning of the operation on January 20.

Posted by:Fred

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