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Turkish military operation in Syria's Afrin has begun: Erdogan
Erdogan is lying. The Syrian Kurdish YPG/YPJ (male/female) militias are allied with US forces in Syrian. Not with Kurdish PKK terrorists within Turkey proper. Together since 2014, US/YPG/YPJ forces have destroyed all ISIS strongholds in northern and central Syria. Frankly, Erdogan views all Kurds (Turkey/Syria/Iraq) as terrorists and an ethnicity to be cleansed/destroyed. This is the same Erdogan who allowed Islamists from all over the globe safe passage through Turkey to join ISIS and facilitated the sale of ISIS oil. Erdogan security guards also attacked and beat US protesters on 17 May 2017 during Erdogan’s last state visit to the US. Erdodan's Turkey is no friend of the US or her allies.
Above: The Kurdish Syrian homeland of Rojava bordering Turkey.
The Rojava cantons (regions) from left to right are Afrin (yellow),
Kobane (gold), and Cizire (green).
Reuters Staff
JANUARY 20, 2018
Turkish self-propelled guns firing into the Syrian Kurdish canton of Afrin within the Kurdish Rojava homeland of northern Syria
Turkey’s army said on Saturday it hit shelters and hideouts used by militants from three groups - the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK), PYD and YPG, after militants fired on Turkish positions inside Turkey. “We will destroy the terror corridor gradually as we did in Jarabulus and El-bab operations, starting from the west. Afrin operation has de-facto started in the field. Manbij [Kobane canton) will follow,” Erdogan said. Erdogan has repeatedly said he would crush the Syrian Kurdish militia in Afrin, which he views as a security threat to Turkey. Direct military action against territory held by Kurdish militia opens a new front in Syria’s civil war and sees Ankara confronting Kurds allied to the United States at a time when Turkey’s relations with Washington are reaching breaking point. The U.S. State Department called on Turkey to focus on the fight against Islamic State militants and described Turkish activity in Afrin as destabilizing. Defence Minister Nurettin Canikli said on Friday that Turkey’s operation in the region had started with cross-border shelling, but no troops have gone into Afrin.
Erdogan is lying. The Syrian Kurdish YPG/YPJ (male/female) militias are allied with US forces in Syrian. Not with Kurdish PKK terrorists within Turkey proper. Together since 2014, US/YPG/YPJ forces have destroyed all ISIS strongholds in northern and central Syria. Frankly, Erdogan views all Kurds (Turkey/Syria/Iraq) as terrorists and an ethnicity to be cleansed/destroyed. This is the same Erdogan who allowed Islamists from all over the globe safe passage through Turkey to join ISIS and facilitated the sale of ISIS oil. Erdogan security guards also attacked and beat US protesters on 17 May 2017 during Erdogan’s last state visit to the US. Erdodan's Turkey is no friend of the US or her allies.
Above: The Kurdish Syrian homeland of Rojava bordering Turkey.
The Rojava cantons (regions) from left to right are Afrin (yellow),
Kobane (gold), and Cizire (green).