{"id":2981,"date":"2018-01-22T16:22:37","date_gmt":"2018-01-22T16:22:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/?p=2981"},"modified":"2018-01-22T16:22:37","modified_gmt":"2018-01-22T16:22:37","slug":"turkey-launches-olive-branch-operation-against-pkk-threat-in-syria","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/2018\/01\/22\/turkey-launches-olive-branch-operation-against-pkk-threat-in-syria\/","title":{"rendered":"TURKEY LAUNCHES \u201cOLIVE BRANCH OPERATION\u201d AGAINST \u201cPKK THREAT IN SYRIA\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/50\/2017\/01\/TURKISH-TROOPS.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-1526\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/50\/2017\/01\/TURKISH-TROOPS-1024x648.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"560\" height=\"354\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/50\/2017\/01\/TURKISH-TROOPS-1024x648.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/50\/2017\/01\/TURKISH-TROOPS-300x190.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/50\/2017\/01\/TURKISH-TROOPS-560x354.jpg 560w, https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/50\/2017\/01\/TURKISH-TROOPS-260x164.jpg 260w, https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/50\/2017\/01\/TURKISH-TROOPS-160x101.jpg 160w, https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/50\/2017\/01\/TURKISH-TROOPS.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 560px) 100vw, 560px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Sourced : Hurriyet Daily News<\/p>\n<p>The Turkish military has launched a crossborder land operation into the Syrian province of Afrin to fight the Syrian Kurdish militia the People\u2019s Protection Units (YPG), a group Ankara has deemed a \u201cterror group\u201d for its links to the outlawed Kurdistan Workers\u2019 Party (PKK).<\/p>\n<p>The operation, which has been dubbed \u201cOperation Olive Branch,\u201d is being carried out in conjunction with Turkey\u2019s allies in the Syrian civil war the Free Syrian Army (FSA), and began on Jan. 21 shortly after the Turkish air force hit YPG targets to prepare for the advance.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur units entered Afrin from two branches at 11:05 a.m. [on Jan. 21] with the Free Syrian Army [FSA]. This means the land operation has begun,\u201d Prime Minister Binali Y\u0131ld\u0131r\u0131m told the editors of news outlets in a meeting in Istanbul.<\/p>\n<p>The \u201cOlive Branch Operation,\u201d which came hours after a major air strike on YPG targets, will consist of four phases, and aims to establish a \u201csafe zone\u201d with a depth of 30 kilometers, he added.<\/p>\n<p>Turkey is also supporting the advance of Turkish troops and the FSA with tanks and cross-border artillery fire.<\/p>\n<p>Read more at : http:\/\/www.hurriyetdailynews.com\/turkey-launches-major-land-operation-into-ypg-militants-in-syrias-afrin-126031<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sourced : Hurriyet Daily News The Turkish military has launched a crossborder land operation into the Syrian province of Afrin to fight the Syrian Kurdish militia the People\u2019s Protection Units (YPG), a group Ankara has deemed a \u201cterror group\u201d for its links to the outlawed Kurdistan Workers\u2019 Party (PKK). The operation, which has been dubbed&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/2018\/01\/22\/turkey-launches-olive-branch-operation-against-pkk-threat-in-syria\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">TURKEY LAUNCHES \u201cOLIVE BRANCH OPERATION\u201d AGAINST \u201cPKK THREAT IN SYRIA\u201d<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1526,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[34,1784,15,531],"class_list":["post-2981","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-conflict","tag-free-syrian-army","tag-operation-olive-branch","tag-syria","tag-ypg","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2981","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=2981"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2981\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2982,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2981\/revisions\/2982"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1526"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2981"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2981"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2981"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}