Sourced : Al Monitor By Metin Gurcan In daily hard-line statements this week, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has been reiterating Turkey’s determination to launch a cross-border operation against Syria’s Afrin canton, which is controlled by the Kurdish People’s Protection Units (YPG). His Jan. 13 statement was particularly blunt: “Don’t ever doubt it. One night we… Continue reading ANKARA MIGHT BE AWAITING RUSSIAN APPROVAL FOR AFRIN OPERATION
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ISIS REINFORCES POSITIONS IN AL-BAB CITY
Sourced : Al-Monitor By Khaled al-Khateb Military operations are ongoing near al-Bab, northeast of Aleppo, between the Free Syrian Army (FSA) factions and special Turkish forces on the one hand, and the Islamic State (ISIS) on the other. The battles that the armed Syrian opposition is waging with Turkish air and land support in the… Continue reading ISIS REINFORCES POSITIONS IN AL-BAB CITY
U.S MILITARY PROPOSES SENDING 250 MORE SPECIAL FORCES TO SYRIAN KURDISTAN
Sourced : EKurd Daily The Obama administration is considering sending 250 additional U.S. special forces to Syrian Kurdistan to advise Kurdish-led alliance groups as part of a broader Pentagon recommendation on how to increase the pace of operations against Islamic State (IS or ISIS), a U.S. defense official said Friday, CNN reported. The Syrian Democratic… Continue reading U.S MILITARY PROPOSES SENDING 250 MORE SPECIAL FORCES TO SYRIAN KURDISTAN