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2022-07-29 Syria-Lebanon-Iran
Suspected Turkish drone kills four Asayish members in Raqqa
[Rudaw] Four members of the internal security forces (Asayish) were killed when a suspected Ottoman Turkish drone targeted their vehicle in Syria's Raqqa province, local media reported as the region experiences a spike in attacks amid The Sick Man of Europe Turkey
...the decaying remnant of the Ottoman Empire...
’s threats of launching a military operation in the area.

"A drone targeting our forces in Ain Issa while performing their duty resulted in the martyrdom of four members," Hawar News Agency (ANHA) cited the Asayish as saying.

The car was targeted by a drone in Raqqa’s Ain Issa.

Following the attack, General Commander of the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) Mazloum Abdi said targeting Asayish members "threatens [the] area's security directly" as they are in charge of protecting the security of the cities, displacement camps and 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) detention centers.

The threat of a Ottoman Turkish invasion into northern Syria has recently gained momentum, with Ankara targeting key leaders of the SDF and launching a spate of drone attacks on Kurdish forces.

Abdi said "Ottoman Turkish drones" have targeted nine SDF fighters, four Asayish members, and 13 civilians in the past eight days.

The SDF on Saturday confirmed the death of one of its commanders and two other fighters who were targeted by a Ottoman Turkish drone a day before. Abdi vowed to avenge their deaths.

A recent trilateral summit in Tehran between the Ottoman Turkish, Russian, and Iranian heads of state failed to discourage Ottoman Turkish 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...
from going ahead with his plans to carry out a military offensive in northern Syria, aimed at creating a 30 kilometer "safe zone" by expelling Kurdish fighters of the People's Protection Units (YPG) from Manbij and Tal Rifaat.

Turkey views the YPG as the Syrian offshoot of the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) and considers both groups terrorists.
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