The offensive launched by the Turkish army on Afrin, a Kurdish enclave in northern Syria, will be extended to other locations as far as the border with Iraq, including Kobane, the Kurdish city that became famous worldwide for having marked the first defeat in January 2015 of the jihadists of the Islamic State (Isis) after a long siege that lasted over 4 months. It [...]
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According to when announced by the “Anadolu” agency, Recep Tayyip Erdogn stated that there are no disputes between Turkey and Russia regarding the “Olive Branch” operation in progress in the northern regions of Syria. “We have no elements of contrast with Russia regarding the operations in Afrin. In Idlib, works are in progress [...]
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Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Saudi King Salman bin Abdulaziz discussed the ongoing crisis in Syria in a telephone conversation late yesterday evening. This was reported by sources of the Turkish presidency, explaining that the two leaders also spoke of bilateral relations. During the telephone interview, Erdogan updated [...]
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Turkish troops are close to the center of the Syrian city of Afrin. This was stated by Erdogan commenting today on the third week of the "Olive Branch" operation launched by Turkey in Syria. As reported by the "Anadolu" agency, in front of the congress of the Justice and Development Party (Akp) in Bitilis, in the eastern part of the country, the Turkish president confirmed [...]
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According to reports by the Turkish governor, Mehmet Tekin Arslan, two rockets fired from the Kurdish-Syrian enclave of Afrin and, which fell on the border town of Kilis, hit a mosque, causing at least one victim and 13 injured, some of whom would be in life threatening. The Turkish media attribute the launch to the Kurdish fighters of the YPG, accused, [...]
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The Turkish president, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, announced on Saturday the start of operations by the Ankara army and the allied Syrian militias (FSA) in Afrin and, subsequently, in Manbij, against the positions of the Ypg, party militias of the Democratic Union (Pyd), a Syrian Kurdish formation that is part of the opposition to the government of Damascus. The operation, called "Olive Branch", [...]
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Continue the Turkish offensive to conquer the territories occupied by the Syrian Kurds. As reported by the Turkish media, the operation "Olive Branch" hosted by Turkey to escape the enclave of Afrin to Syrian Kurds in northwest Syria is now in its third day. The Free Syrian Army, supported by the Ankara military, would take control of eleven [...]
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