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Scores of Turkish-backed rebels killed by YPG forces in Afrin (video)
2018-09-23
[AlMasdar] Scores of Ottoman Turkish-backed rebels were killed inside the Afrin region in last 48 hours, the official media wing of the People’s Protection Units (YPG) reported.

According to the YPG, their sleeper cells killed at least 7 Ottoman Turkish-backed Free Syrian Army
... the more palatable version of the Syrian insurgency, heavily influenced by the Moslem Brüderbund...
(FSA) fighters around the Afrin region.

Among the operations carried out by the YPG was their big attack on the villages of Gazoo and Mazen, where they ended up killing at least four Ottoman Turkish-backed rebels.

Another attack carried out by the YPG was conducted in the village of Ghazawi, which is in the Jindares District of Afrin.

During this attack, the YPG managed to destroy a T-55 tank that belonged to the al-Sham Corps on September 21st.
Posted by:trailing wife

#1  almost any of the anti tank missiles produced since 1990 can knock out a T-55

probably the YPG has a handful of such missiles either purchased on the black market or captured from the Syria military
Posted by: lord garth   2018-09-23 01:07  

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