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Clashes pitting Turkish forces and their Syrian opposition allies against pro-regime forces left 27 fighters dead, including two Turkish

2020-02-21

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Clashes pitting Turkish forces and their Syrian opposition allies against pro-regime forces left 27 fighters dead, including two Turkish soldiers in the northwestern Syrian province of Idlib, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reports.https://t.co/REp3UEptGU
— Al Arabiya English (@AlArabiya_Eng) February 20, 2020

Two Turkish soldiers have been killed and another five wounded in Syrian government air strikes near the northwestern region of Idlib, says Turkey's defense ministry, adding that more than 50 Syrian forces had been killed in retaliation.https://t.co/1XTr0BIjoc
— Al Arabiya English (@AlArabiya_Eng) February 20, 2020

Posted by:Fred

#3 Nguard, now that you mention it, it is redolent of Argentina's "Short Victorious War" for the "Malvinas".

Posted by: Mercutio 2020-02-21 14:14

#2 Not in the stories: Why now all of a sudden the Ottomans are going neo-imperial? War as a distraction from domestic economic issues?

Posted by: Nguard 2020-02-21 12:29

#1 Have to admit. I wonder about the Turk in the street and what he thinks about Yip-yip's wars of aggression/acquisition. In favor of new Ottoman Empire? Or just keeping his/her head down to avoid catching Gulen Flu?

Posted by: Mercutio 2020-02-21 06:36

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