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| Jarablus and Manbij military councils vow to stand against Turkish military incursion |
| 2016-08-28 |
| [RUDAW.NET] Turkish bombardments and military intervention in Jarablus over the last few days have created many reactions from the military councils of Jarablus and Manbij and the Syrian Kurdish People’s Defense Units (YPG). "The Turkish bombardments are threatening the fate of the region and this will turn the area to new conflict amid threats from the factions affiliated with the Turkish occupation," the Jarablus Military Council said in a statement on Friday. It added: "We, the military council of Jarablus and its surrounding, emphasize that such acts won’t discourage us from our goal to protect our people against any enemy. We emphasize that our main target is ISIS (Islamic State ...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're very devout, committing every atrocity they can find in the Koran and inventing a few more. They fling Allaharound with every other sentence, but to hear the pols talk they're not reallyMoslems.... ) and the fight against terrorism. But we won’t relent from defending ourselves and the people. The Turkish army and factions affiliated with ...the only place on the face of the earth that misses the Ottoman Empire.... are responsible for consequences that follow such hostile actions which try to obstruct efforts to fight terrorism and we ask for a stop to targeting our forces that are fighting ISIS." Turkey began a military campaign last week to clean up Jarablus, across its border in Syria, of ISIS. The Jarablus council warned Turkish troops against any provocative actions and called on the international community to intervene to stop Turkey’s intervention "We warn Turkish troops against such provocative and irresponsible actions," it said. "We can defend ourselves and we ask the international community and global coalition forces to intervene to stop such actions, which will have negative consequences on the situation in northern Aleppo and the war on terror." |
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