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Turkey bombs US-backed militants in northern Syria |
2018-02-10 |
[PRESSTV] ...the only place on the face of the earth that misses the Ottoman Empire.... has bombed US-backed Kurdish fighters in Afrin with impunity, just after Washington cited an alleged attack on the snuffies to target pro-government forces in Syria. The The so-called Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said seven US-backed snuffies with the Kurdish People’s Protection Units (YPG) as well as two non-combatants were killed in the attacks. Turkey began the attacks on January 20, but halted them after Lions of Islam downed a Russian jet in the northwestern Syria province of Idlib, in order to allow Moscow to reinforce its air defense system. The offensive is aimed at the YPG, which Turkey says bears ties with anti-Ankara holy warriors. The |
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