Turkish-backed rebels score small advance in Afrin -- map
[ALMASDARNEWS] The
According to pro-opposition activists, the
In addition to their advance at the Rajou District, the
... the more palatable version of the Syrian insurgency, heavily influenced by the Moslem Brüderbund...
(FSA) seized the town of Balfour near the imperative Jandaris axis in southern Afrin.
YPG activists claimed that at least ten FSA rebels were killed during their attack, while the overall corpse count for the Kurdish forces is unknown.
As a result of this advance, the
Turkish forces yesterday shelling convoy headed to Syria's Afrin region
[AlAhram] The
In a statement on Friday, the
The YPG said the convoy, which arrived in Afrin late on Thursday, had transported civilians from the Jazeera region further east and other towns under the control of Kurdish forces.
Birusk Hasaka, the YPG front man in Afrin, said the convoy included hundreds of people. The shelling set some cars ablaze, wounding at least ten people and killing one passenger.
"The convoy was headed to stand in solidarity with the people of Afrin, carrying food aid and medical supplies," he told Rooters.
"As always all attention and sensitivity was shown so that civilians were not harmed," the
President Tayyip Erdogan said on Friday the
Human Rights Watch said on Friday it had investigated three attacks in Afrin last month in which
"It appears that vulnerable civilians are facing displacement and death because of the way
...just another cheapjack Moslem dictatorship, brought to you by the Moslem Brüderbund....
's latest offensive is being conducted," said Lama Fakih, deputy Middle East director at the U.S.-based group.
Since the onset of Syria's conflict in 2011, the YPG and its allies have carved out three autonomous cantons in the north. Their territory expanded as they defeated 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....
with U.S. help, although Washington opposes their autonomy plans, as does the Syrian government.
This week, militias allied to Damascus deployed to Afrin to help fight the