Sunday, March 18, 2018

Turkish Backed Forces Have Taken Control Of The Syrian City Of Afrin





DW: Turkey-backed rebels seize Afrin town, says Turkish President Erdogan

Syrian rebels have taken control of the town of Afrin, the Turkish president said. But a Kurdish official has denied that YPG fighters fled, saying Kurdish forces are still engaged in clashes over the strategic town.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Sunday said Syrian rebels backed by Ankara had taken control of the Syrian town of Afrin, marking a major setback for Kurdish forces in the area.

"Units of the Free Syrian Army (FSA), which are backed by Turkish armed forces, took control of the center of Afrin this morning," Erdogan said. "Search operations to locate mines and other explosives are under way."

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WNU Editor: It is very revealing that in the all videos that I have seen on the Turkish take-over of Afrin .... there are no large crowds greeting them as liberators. In fact there is no one.

Update: This is going to create an enormous amount of bitterness .... Pro-Turkish forces pillage Afrin after taking Syrian city (AFP).

More News On Turkish Backed Forces Taking Control Of The Syrian City Of Afrin

Syria war: Turkey-backed forces oust Kurds from heart of Afrin -- BBC
Turkish forces and Syrian allies drive Kurds from Afrin -- Reuters
Turkey-backed forces capture Syrian Kurdish town of Afrin -- AP
Turkish-led forces in control of Syria's Afrin city -- AFP
Turkish forces seize control of Syrian town of Afrin and celebrate by tearing down statue of Kurdish hero -- The Independent
Erdogan: Syria’s Afrin city center ‘entirely under control,’ Kurds ‘fled’ (VIDEOS, PHOTOS) -- RT
Syria war: What has happened in Afrin? -- BBC
Turkey's offensive in Syria: a timeline -- AFP

2 comments:

Unknown said...

Qur'an (8:69) - "So enjoy what you took as booty; the spoils are lawful and good."

Unknown said...

Young Communist,

This is no surprise. People at the WSJ have been following the Muslim dictator Erdogan since he was mayor of Istanbul (27 March 1994 – 6 November 1998).

"Mr. Erdogan's Turkey"

By Michael Rubin
Updated Oct. 19, 2006 12:01 a.m. ET

"Five years into the war on terror, inept U.S. diplomacy risks undercutting a key democracy (and ally) that President Bush once called a model for the Muslim world. The future of Turkey as a secular, Western-oriented state is at risk. Just as in Gaza and Lebanon, the threat comes from parties using the rhetoric of democracy to advance distinctly undemocratic agendas. Turkey has overcome past challenges from terrorism and radical Islam; always its system has persevered. But now, as Turkish politicians and officials work to defend the Turkish constitution, U.S. diplomats interfere to dismiss Turkish concerns and..."

The tidal wave of err has been coming for over 23 years.

The Kurds could not choose Erdogan/Turks
The Kurds could not choose ISIS
Was Russia an option in 2014?

The Syrians are not asking for complete independence. They are asking for autonomy, The tyrant Assad wants to give them nothing.

So who could they choose.

By my calculations the Democrats have a 60% to 70% of winning any presidential elections due to the press (worth 15 points per Newsweek editor), ballot stuffing and open border and voter fraud.

So if the Kurds ally with a stand up president, the next one a Democrat will not be. Even a Republican might be a RINO or succumb to Beltway pressure. Sad but true.