Turkey's Anadolu news agency reported that the Turkish forces deployed in Hatay province have increased attacks against the Kurds in Afrin.
The forces and militants affiliated to the Turkish army targeted the Kurds' positions in regions near Afrin with 40 artillery attacks.
Also, the Turkish forces stationed in Azaz region in Western Aleppo pounded the villages in Shara region in Afrin.
Field sources reported earlier today that the Turkish Army forwarded a large volume of military hardware to the border with Syrian amid intensifying attacks on the SDF by the Ankara forces and their militant allies in the town of Afrin in Aleppo province.
The sources said that the Turkish army has sent a military column, including fiver tanks, to the town of Reihanli in Hatay province at the border with Syria under strict security measures.
(farsnews.com)
14/1/18
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ReplyDeleteHead of the Foreign Affairs Committee of the Democratic Society Movement Saleh Moslem pointed to a plan of the US-led Coalition Forces and their local allies to move Idlib province, and said that the SDF has started strenuous efforts to advance towards Idlib.
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(farsnews.com)
14/1/18
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Turkey condemns the plans of the United States to create the so-called Border Security Force (BSF) on the Syrian territory controlled by the Syrian Democratic Forces militia, given the absence of consultations with Ankara, the Turkish Foreign Ministry said Monday in a statement obtained by Sputnik...
ReplyDeleteOn Saturday, the Defense Post news website published an article, in which the spokesman of the US-led coalition fighting against Daesh (Islamic State) terrorist group, said that the coalition was engaged in training of a 30,000-strong force on the territory within Syria currently controlled by SDF to maintain security in controlled area along the Syrian border.
"The coalition did not hold consultations with Turkey about the creation of [these] forces, and it is unknown what coalition members made this decision. Unilateral steps, which are presented as actions of the coalition, is a seriously wrong action that will be detrimental to the fight against IS," the statement reads.
SPUTNIK