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2023-07-18 Syria-Lebanon-Iran

Turkey’s SNA factions cut down dozens of trees in Syria’s Afrin

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Posted by trailing wife 2023-07-18 01:47|| || Front Page|| [19 views ] Top
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#1 Now they gonna have Greta on their asses!

Posted by Chris 2023-07-18 07:42|| 2023-07-18 07:42|| Front Page Top

#2 Not just 'trees' ... cut down 70 olive trees. You plant an olive tree sapling so your grandchildren can harvest the olives! There are very good reasons why the bent olive branch wreath is a sign of peace. This is an act that will engender hostility for a long, long time.

Posted by magpie 2023-07-18 11:13|| 2023-07-18 11:13|| Front Page Top

#3 This is an act that will engender hostility for a long, long time.

This is the middle east you're talking of. Has there ever been a time when there hasn't been hostility?

Posted by AlanC 2023-07-18 14:23|| 2023-07-18 14:23|| Front Page Top

#4 Ever since Turkey invaded the Syrian borderlands, Turkish forces have been cutting down olive trees and destroying everything else to make the area uninhabitable to the native Kurd and tribal residents, while building new towns in which to rehouse the Syrian refugees who fled to since 2011.

Posted by trailing wife 2023-07-18 21:28|| 2023-07-18 21:28|| Front Page Top

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