{"id":2972,"date":"2018-01-19T12:58:51","date_gmt":"2018-01-19T12:58:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/?p=2972"},"modified":"2018-01-19T12:58:51","modified_gmt":"2018-01-19T12:58:51","slug":"ankara-might-be-awaiting-russian-approval-for-afrin-operation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/2018\/01\/19\/ankara-might-be-awaiting-russian-approval-for-afrin-operation\/","title":{"rendered":"ANKARA MIGHT BE AWAITING RUSSIAN APPROVAL FOR AFRIN OPERATION"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/50\/2017\/07\/TURKISH-TANKS.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-2420\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/50\/2017\/07\/TURKISH-TANKS-1024x682.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"560\" height=\"373\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/50\/2017\/07\/TURKISH-TANKS-1024x682.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/50\/2017\/07\/TURKISH-TANKS-300x200.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/50\/2017\/07\/TURKISH-TANKS-768x512.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/50\/2017\/07\/TURKISH-TANKS-560x373.jpeg 560w, https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/50\/2017\/07\/TURKISH-TANKS-260x173.jpeg 260w, https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/50\/2017\/07\/TURKISH-TANKS-160x107.jpeg 160w, https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/50\/2017\/07\/TURKISH-TANKS.jpeg 1300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 560px) 100vw, 560px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Sourced : Al Monitor<\/p>\n<p>By Metin Gurcan<\/p>\n<p>In daily hard-line statements this week, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has been reiterating Turkey\u2019s determination to launch a cross-border operation against Syria&#8217;s Afrin canton, which is controlled by the Kurdish People\u2019s Protection Units (YPG).<\/p>\n<p>His Jan. 13 statement was particularly blunt: \u201cDon\u2019t ever doubt it. One night we may arrive suddenly. If terrorists in Afrin don\u2019t surrender, then we will raze the place on their heads. They will see what we can do before the week is over.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>This was the first time Turkey had given a date for his planned operation, and the week is ending soon. Meanwhile, Turkey\u2019s widely reported intensive military preparations north and west of Afrin continue at full pace. Turkish news media is overflowing with banner headlines such as \u201cTurkish Armed Forces ready.\u201d Commando units arrived at the border, following armored and mechanized units.<\/p>\n<p>Read more: http:\/\/www.al-monitor.com\/pulse\/originals\/2018\/01\/turkey-syria-russia-has-not-give-green-light-for-afrin.html#ixzz54dPnrgS2<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sourced : Al Monitor By Metin Gurcan In daily hard-line statements this week, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has been reiterating Turkey\u2019s determination to launch a cross-border operation against Syria&#8217;s Afrin canton, which is controlled by the Kurdish People\u2019s Protection Units (YPG). His Jan. 13 statement was particularly blunt: \u201cDon\u2019t ever doubt it. One night we&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/2018\/01\/19\/ankara-might-be-awaiting-russian-approval-for-afrin-operation\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">ANKARA MIGHT BE AWAITING RUSSIAN APPROVAL FOR AFRIN OPERATION<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2420,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[1380,653,1105,90],"class_list":["post-2972","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-conflict","tag-afrin","tag-kurdish-peoples-protection-units-ypg","tag-president-recep-tayyip-erdogan","tag-turkey","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2972","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2972"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2972\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2973,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2972\/revisions\/2973"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2420"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2972"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2972"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2972"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}