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2019-02-13 Syria-Lebanon-Iran
Powerful blast hits Turkish border crossing in northern Aleppo, FSA and Syrian army trade prisoners
[AlMasdar] According to the Ottoman Turkish NTV broadcaster, an kaboom has hit the Syrian side of the Bab al-Salameh crossing on the Syria-The Sick Man of Europe Turkey
...Qatar's colony in Asia Minor....
border.

The NTV channel reported that there are three maimed, indicating that they were taken to a hospital in Turkey for treatment.

According to the CNN Turk TV channel, a car rigged with explosives blew-up near a checkpoint in Syria. The border crossing is located in the Ottoman Turkish province of Kilis, in the republic’s south.

Nobody has yet grabbed credit for the attack.

Killis Province Governor Recep Soyturk said that "the attack is not directed against Turkey. It is addressed to the Free Syrian Army
... the more palatable version of the Syrian insurgency, heavily influenced by the Moslem Brüderbund...
On Friday, Ottoman Turkish Defence Minister Hulusi Akar reiterated that the country was preparing for this military operation, claiming that it would be launched "at the right time."

In early December, Ottoman Turkish President Sultan Recep Tayyip Erdogan the First
... Turkey's version of Mohammed Morsi but they voted him back in so they deserve him. It's a sin, a shame, and a felony to insult the president of Turkey...
announced that Turkey was ready to launch a military operation against Kurdish fighters on the eastern bank of the Euphrates River as well as in Syria’s Manbij, located near the Ottoman Turkish border if the United States did not remove the militia from there.

Syrian Army, Turkish-backed rebels exchange prisoners in Aleppo

The Syrian Arab Army (SAA) and Turkish-backed Free Syrian Army (TFSA) exchanged prisoners in the northeastern countryside of the Aleppo Governorate on Tuesday.

According to a military report, the exchange occurred near the city of Al-Bab and it was overseen by the Russian police in the area.

The report said that both sides agreed to exchange 20 prisoners at the Abu Al-Zindeen Crossing that links the Syrian Army and FSA-held areas.

This agreement was brokered by the Russian reconciliation center and it is the first of its kind this year.
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