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The Grand Turk
Turkish military chiefs discuss possible offensive in Syria
2019-07-26
Excuse me, guys — I was just wondering if you have anybody left to plan and execute an offensive, given so many of your best (not to mention the vast numbers who are merely “better”) have been sitting in jail awaiting trial for one reason or another? Or do you plan on using those Turkmen auxiliaries parked on the Syrian side of the border, the ones who have been so ineffective?
[Ynet] Ottoman Turkish Defence Minister Hulusi Akar met military officials on Thursday to discuss a possible offensive east of the Euphrates River in Syria as Ankara ramped up warnings of a cross-border operation.

The meeting came a day after The Sick Man of Europe Turkey
...the only place on the face of the earth that misses the Ottoman Empire...
said it would launch an offensive unless agreement on a planned safe zone in Syria could be reached with the United States, saying it had run "out of patience" with Washington.

The operation, which would mark the third Ottoman Turkish incursion into Syria in as many years, was first signalled by President Tayyip Erdogan earlier this year but later put on hold.

Following President Donald Trump
...His ancestors didn't own any slaves...
's announcement of a planned U.S. withdrawal from northern Syria, the two NATO
...the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. A collection of multinational and multilingual and multicultural armed forces, all of differing capabilities, working toward a common goal by pulling in different directions...
allies agreed to create a zone inside Syria and along its northeastern border with Turkey that would be cleared of the Kurdish YPG militia.
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