Sourced : Sputnik On Wednesday, Turkey’s National Security Council announced the end of Operation Euphrates Shield, or the Turkish military intervention in Syria. The Council emphasized that the campaign had achieved its immediate objectives of ensuring national security, beating back Daesh and seeing the return of Syrian refugees to their homes in and around the… Continue reading TURKEY CAN NOT OCCUPY NORTHERN SYRIA, CAN NOT WITHDRAW WITHOUT LOSING FACE
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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
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 (IS) on the other. The battles that the armed Syrian opposition is waging with Turkish air and land support in… Continue reading ISIS REINFORCES POSITIONS IN AL-BAB CITY
IZVESTIA : MOSCOW SHARING INTELLIGENCE WITH ANKARA ON SYRIA
Sourced : TASS Russia has already started cooperating with Turkey on exchanging intelligence data needed for carrying out the Operation Euphrates Shield in Syria. According to Izvestia, the agreement was reached during last week’s talks between Russian and Turkish Presidents, Vladimir Putin and Recep Tayyip Erdogan. Experts believe that cooperating with Ankara on Syria may… Continue reading IZVESTIA : MOSCOW SHARING INTELLIGENCE WITH ANKARA ON SYRIA
WHY THE BATTLE FOR AL-BAB IS PIVOTAL IN SYRIA
Sourced Al-Monitor By : Kamal Sheikho The crucial city of al-Bab finds itself directly in the line of fire of all the forces in Syria competing to control it. Each party is seeking to fortify its military position in the city to grab land as the Islamic State (IS) withdraws. “Our troops will advance toward… Continue reading WHY THE BATTLE FOR AL-BAB IS PIVOTAL IN SYRIA
HOW POST-COUP PURGES DEPLETED TURKEY’S MILITARY
Sourced : Al Monitor By Metin Gurcan In the aftermath of the July 15 abortive coup attempt, four major purges on July 27, July 30, Sept. 2 and Sept. 7 dismissed thousands of officers and noncommissioned officers from the Turkish Armed Forces (TSK). Since then, speculation has been rife on how these purges have affected… Continue reading HOW POST-COUP PURGES DEPLETED TURKEY’S MILITARY