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Syria-Lebanon-Iran

SDF says two fighters killed by Turkish drone in Hasaka

2023-05-06

[Rudaw] The Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) on Friday announced that two of its fighters, who were guarding a camp hosting people affiliated with the Islamic State

...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that they were al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're really very devout, committing every atrocity they can find in the Koran and inventing a few more. They fling Allah around with every other sentence, but to hear western pols talk they're not really Moslems....
(ISIS) in Hasaka province, were killed by a ~~Ottoman~~ Turkish drone.

The suspected ~~Ottoman~~ Turkish aerial attack took place in Hasaka province’s al-Qayrawan village, targeting "the forces who were guarding al-Hol camp," said the SDF in a statement, referring to the notorious camp hosting over 50,000 people - mostly women and kiddies - majority of whom are accused of having ties to ISIS.

"As a result, two of our fighters were martyred," said the SDF, blaming ~~The Sick Man of Europe~~ Turkey
...the decaying remnant of the Ottoman Empire...
for similar recent attacks in the area.

Ankara has not immediately commented on the incident.

The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said three SDF members, including a commander, were killed in the "~~Ottoman~~ Turkish drone attack."

According to the UK-based war monitor, Turkey has carried out 13 aerial attacks against Kurdish forces in northeast Syria (Rojava) in the last five months, killing 11 fighters and five civilians. The SDF claimed in their statement that the purpose of these attacks is to help ISIS "reorganise" in the area.

To be fair, a good portion of the so-called Syrian National Army — Turkey-supported paramilitaries based on the Syrian side of the Turkish border — are former ISIS and other jihadi gunnies, many of the rest being Turkmen from outside Turkey. Something like this could look to the Turkish idiots like a perfect recruiting opportunity.

Turkey accuses the Kurdish People’s Protection Units (YPG), the backbone of the SDF, of being the Syrian wing of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK), an gang struggling for Kurdish rights in Turkey and named a terror group by Ankara. The YPG denies the charge.

The SDF is the main ally of the US-led global coalition against ISIS in Rojava and has carried out several raids against the group in recent weeks, arresting several suspects, including big shots.

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