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2019-11-11 Syria-Lebanon-Iran
ISIS members are fighting among ranks of Turkish "Peace spring"
[NPASYRIA] The director of the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights Rami Abdul Rahman stated that they have documented with absolute evidence that at least eight members of the terrorist group of Islamic State
...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that they were al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're really very devout, committing every atrocity they can find in the Koran and inventing a few more. They fling Allah around with every other sentence, but to hear western pols talk they're not really Moslems....
(ISIS) are involved with The Sick Man of Europe Turkey
...the only place on the face of the earth that misses the Ottoman Empire...
's backed Syrian National Army, an umbrella of several Islamist militias, who are currently fighting in the so-called Ottoman Turkish Peace Spring Operation.

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In a special statement to North-Press, the director of the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights stressed that the observatory "has documented the presence of at least eight elements of the Islamic State fighting alongside al-Hamzat and Ahrar al-Sharqiya, as they were identified by citizens of al-Qalamoun and Eastern Ghouta. There are some information that hundreds of ISIS Death Eaters are among the ranks of Turkey-backed National Army, but we have only confirmed at least eight cases."

Rami Abdul Rahman, mentioned his center’s documentation earlier of another leader of ISIS within al-Hamzat armed militia, where he is fighting with the National Army in northeastern Syria in the so-called Peace Spring Operation.

He confirmed that by saying: "In addition to what we have previously published, we have also published with conclusive evidence the presence of a former ISIS leader in the ranks of al-Hamzat. This brings the number of these members to 9, of Syrian leaders and security forces within the pro-Turkey groups under the so-called National Army."
Rudaw adds:
In its latest incursion into Syrian territory, an operation called "Peace Spring" that started on October 9, Turkey used the SNA in the front lines against Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF).

Both the Hamzat Divisions and Ahrar al-Sharqiyah ("Free Men of the East") are among the ranks of the Syrian National Army participating in the Ottoman Turkish offensive. These groups appear to have committed war crimes such as field executions of soldiers and civilians, including prominent Kurdish female politician Havrin Khalaf, and the desecration of dead SDF fighters' bodies.

Operation Peace Spring is supposedly on hold since Turkey reached two separate ceasefire agreements, one with the US and the other with Russia, but heavy fighting between Ottoman Turkish-aligned forces and the SDF has continued amidst allegations of ceasefire violations by both sides. Clashes around the predominantly Christian town of Tel Tamr continue, and Syrian government soldiers aligned with the SDF have pulled back after suffering many casualties.

Abdulrahman stated that the SOHR's evidence of ISIS members in the SNA ranks, including the presence of a former Islamic State official in the Hamzat Divisions, is "absolute." He slammed the US and the world for their silence about the issue of Turkey using ISIS members in its operations, claiming that most countries know ISIS members are embedded in the Ottoman Turkish proxy forces, but sidestep the issue by claiming that they "consider them to be former members."

SOHR on Sunday quoted a man who had been kidnapped and later released by the Hamzat Divisions as saying that the group contains ISIS members. The man, who had to pay a $60,000 ransom, claimed that he had to deal with ISIS members to be freed.

"Among the ranks of the Ottoman Turkish-backed faction was a person who worked in the Faruq al-Islami faction, then became an Emir of an area referred to as Willayet al-Homs by the Islamic State organization," SOHR quoted the source as saying.

"There are three ISIS Emirs, who were in ISIS for more than a year, among the members of the Hamzat Division," the source went on to claim.

Kurdish forces themselves have accused the Ottoman Turkish-backed Syrian National Army of furthering ISIS ideology, and have made forthright claims of ISIS personnel presence in their enemies' ranks.

Hawar News Agency (ANHA), an SDF-affiliated media organization based in Belgium, confirmed these claims yesterday when they published the names, codenames and descriptions of 40 ISIS members - including the man who executed Havrin Khalaf - who are now fighting for the SNA in northern Syria.
Posted by Fred 2019-11-11 00:00|| || Front Page|| [15 views ]  Top
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#1 Next, they'll demand that NATO support the daesh. And some shall even debate the feasibility.
Posted by Dron66046 2019-11-11 07:11||   2019-11-11 07:11|| Front Page Top

#2 It is recalled that Al Qaeda and ISIL are radical modern offshoots of the Muslim Brotherhood. It is also recalled that the present seat of the International Muslim Brotherhood is Turkey and receives the support of Erdogan. When this Syrian thing is over, Turkey will exist as the nexus for the re-formation of the radical Islamist movement. Count on it.
Posted by b 2019-11-11 07:59||   2019-11-11 07:59|| Front Page Top

#3 I see there's a Pakistain for everyone in three continents now. Mexico for the Americas, the 'Stain for Asia and Turkey for Europe. Are they getting their EU membership soon ?
Posted by Dron66046 2019-11-11 08:55||   2019-11-11 08:55|| Front Page Top

#4 When this Syrian thing is over, Turkey will exist as the nexus for the re-formation of the radical Islamist movement.

Yes. They think to harness the tigers for their own ends.
Posted by trailing wife 2019-11-11 22:01||   2019-11-11 22:01|| Front Page Top

#5 S'ils n'existaient pas...
Posted by Lex 2019-11-11 22:37||   2019-11-11 22:37|| Front Page Top

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