Established in 2006 as a Community of Reality

Welcome to the Neno's Place!

Neno's Place Established in 2006 as a Community of Reality


Neno

I can be reached by phone or text 8am-7pm cst 972-768-9772 or, once joining the board I can be reached by a (PM) Private Message.

Join the forum, it's quick and easy

Established in 2006 as a Community of Reality

Welcome to the Neno's Place!

Neno's Place Established in 2006 as a Community of Reality


Neno

I can be reached by phone or text 8am-7pm cst 972-768-9772 or, once joining the board I can be reached by a (PM) Private Message.

Established in 2006 as a Community of Reality

Would you like to react to this message? Create an account in a few clicks or log in to continue.
Established in 2006 as a Community of Reality

Many Topics Including The Oldest Dinar Community. Copyright © 2006-2020


    Turkish troops preparing for offensive on Afrin, Syrian Kurds say

    Rocky
    Rocky
    Rocky
    Admin Assist
    Admin Assist


    Posts : 281112
    Join date : 2012-12-21
    • Post n°1

    Turkish troops preparing for offensive on Afrin, Syrian Kurds say Empty Turkish troops preparing for offensive on Afrin, Syrian Kurds say

    Post by Rocky Thu 22 Jun 2017, 3:34 am

    Turkish troops preparing for offensive on Afrin, Syrian Kurds say

    Posted on June 22, 2017

    AFRIN, Syrian Kurdistan,— Turkey has been concentrating its troops around the Kurdish city of Afrin in Syrian Kurdistan from late Tuesday and is preparing to attack, a spokesman for Kurdish self-defense groups told Sputnik on Wednesday.

    Afrin is located in the province of Aleppo and belongs to the de facto autonomous region of Rojava, proclaimed by the Kurds in Syrian Kurdistan, the north of Syria. Turkey considers the Syrian Kurdish associations to be a wing of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) banned in the country.

    In May, Turkish agency Anadolu reported that new military operations were being prepared against the Kurds.

    “The Turkish army gathered in large numbers in these areas, preparing to attack Afrin, Tell Rifaat and Shaikh Isa, which have been under control of the Kurds since last year,” the Kurdish representative said.

    According to him, the military moved to the vicinity of Afrin from the city of Al Bab, liberated by the Turkish military and the pro-Ankara Syrian Free Army in 2016 from Islamic State Daesh terrorist group.

    On August 24, 2016, Turkey has launched an incursion into northern Syria, in an area some 100 km (60 miles) east of Afrin to stop the US-backed Kurdish YPG forces from extending areas under their control and connecting Syrian Kurdistan’s Kobani and Hasaka in the east with Afrin canton in the west and preventing them creating a de facto Kurdish mini-state along Turkey’s frontier.

    Turkey fears the creation of an autonomous Kurdish region in northern Syria that will not be loyal to Ankara — would spur the separatist ambitions of Turkey’s own Kurds.

    U.S regards the Syrian Kurdish Democratic Union Party PYD and its powerful military wing YPG, which is part of Kurd-Arab SDF alliance, as key ally against Islamic State and the most effective fighting force against IS in Syria and has provided them with arms, air support as well as the military advisers.

    The Kurdish People’s Protection Units YPG, which has 60,000 fighters, has seized swathes of Syria from IS.

    Syrian Kurdistan’s ruling PYD has established three autonomous zones, or Cantons of Jazeera, Kobani and Afrin and a Kurdish government across Syrian Kurdistan in 2013. On March 17, 2016 Syria’s Kurds declared a federal region in Syrian Kurdistan.

    http://ekurd.net/turkish-offensive-afrin-syria-2017-06-22
    • Back to top
      Current date/time is Fri 22 Nov 2024, 9:20 pm