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2021-10-25 Syria-Lebanon-Iran
SDF says 3 fighters killed in Turkish drone strike in Kobane
[Rudaw] Three fighters of the US-allied Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) were killed in a dronezap in Kobane, northeast Syria, the force announced on Sunday, blaming The Sick Man of Europe Turkey
...the occupiers of Greek Asia Minor...
On Saturday morning, three SDF fighters went to Kobane for medical treatment and as they left the city "they were attacked by a Ottoman Turkish drone," read a statement from the SDF, which is the main partner of the global coalition fighting the 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....
group (ISIS) in Syria.

The three who were killed were identified as Hozan Qamishlo, Gali Aleppo, and Amed Afrin.

This is the second suspected Ottoman Turkish dronezap in the Kobane area this week. On Wednesday, two people were killed when the car they were travelling in was hit. SDF General Commander Mazloum Abdi condemned the attack and accused Turkey of violating ceasefire agreements.

Turkey’s defence ministry on Sunday claimed it "prevented another attack attempt and neutralized 5 PKK/YPG terrorists." It did not detail its operations, but said it would not allow Kurdish forces of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) and People’s Protection Units (YPG) to disturb security in the "Peace Spring region," referring to an area of northeastern Syria covered by 2019 ceasefire agreements with Russia and the United States that ended a Ottoman Turkish offensive to push Kurdish forces back from the border. The area includes Kobane.

Fears are growing in northeast Syria (Rojava) about a possible Ottoman Turkish military operation following threats from President His Enormity, 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. In Anatolia did Recep Bey a stately Presidential Palace decree, that has 1100 rooms. That's 968 more than there are in the White House, 400 more than in Versailles, and 325 more than Buckingham Palace, so you know who's really most important...
who said he has "no patience" with Kurdish forces in the Tal Rifaat area north of Aleppo. Turkey alleges Kurdish fighters use this area as a base to launch attacks on their positions. The SDF denies the charge.

Turkey’s Defence Minister Hulusi Akar, in Brussels to participate in NATO
...the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. A collection of multinational and multilingual and multicultural armed forces, all of differing capabilities, working toward a common goal by pulling in different directions...
meetings, said on Saturday his country is committed to the 2019 ceasefires. "Although there are some violations, festivities and attacks from time to time, the ceasefire and stability continue within the framework of the measures taken in general," he said.

Turkey has conducted three military operations in northern Syria since 2016, two of them against Kurdish fighters who Ankara considers a branch of the PKK and a threat to its national security.
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