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| Rantburg Exclusive: Day 30 of Erdogan's "3 day Invasion" of Afrin, Syria |
| 2018-02-21 |
| 1‐Afrin/city center: the Turkish occupation army and its terrorist factions (Daesh/Al-Nusra) brutally shelled the city center of Afrin yesterday, coincided with the arrival of the public civilian delegations to Afrin. Where 8 shells landed on Mahmoudiyah and Ashrafiyah neighborhoods last night at 9 pm, while Kafar Shelah village and its vicinity, exposed to a random artillery shelling lasted until the midnight. 2‐Shiyah (Shaik Hadid): fierce clashes broke out between our forces and the terrorist factions in the vicinity of Hikji and Marwaniyah village, coincided with Turkish raids and artillery shelling stared yesterday at 3 PM and lasted until midnight. Last night at 7:30 pm, the clashes expanded to Senarah and Anqleh villages accompanied by Turkish airstrikes and artillery shelling. At 5 am of this morning, the Turkish army and the terrorist factions re-attacked Hikji village by airstrikes and artillery. Accordingly, heavy clashes broke out between our forces and the invaders which lasted until writing this report. 3‐Sharrah: all of the villages in Sharrah axis were targets of the Turkish indiscriminate shelling yesterday. The shelling was concentrated on Elika village and Shahid Rafiq cemetery in Matina village, which lasted until 11 pm last night. This morning at 5 am, heavy clashes broke out in the vicinity of Ekdama, the hill of Shashmek village, Arab Weran and Deir Sawan villages, accompanied by artillery shelling and airstrikes which lasted until writing this report. In Deir Sawan village, our forces destroyed a tank for the enemy and 2 BMB vehicles, where our forces conformed the killing of 20 terrorist including Turkish soldiers. 4‐Raju: last night at 3 pm, heavy clashes broke out between our forces and the invaders in the vicinity of Hobka village. the clashes lasted until the midnight, where our fighters confirmed the killing of 20 terrorists including Turkish soldiers. The Turkish army re-shelled the villages in Raju axis at 10 am this morning, which lasted until writing this report. 5-Mabatah (Ma’abatli): heavy clashes broke out between our forces and the Turkish invasion army and its terrorist factions (ISIS/ Al-Nusra) in the vicinity of Hebo village this morning, the clashes are still ongoing. 6-Belbeleh: since 10 am this morning, the Turkish artillery and jets targeted all of the villages in Belbeleh township. The shelling was concentrated on Ugah, Qastal Cholaqa, Qastal Khadriyah, Qastal Sharqiyah and Bakhja villages. As our forces engage with the Turkish invasion army and the terrorist factions until writing this report. SDF Media Center 20-Feb-2018 Pro-Syrian militias entered Afrin today.
Link Qatar will soon begin direct flights to Hatay, Turkey directly across from Afrin Canton, Syria. (Bringing in jihadi's to fight the YPG? Evacuating wounded to hospitals outside of Turkey to hide the casualties?) |
| Posted by:Ulaigum Ebbineng7056 |
| #12 swksvolFF Thanks. Citizen journalism. |
| Posted by: Ulaigum Ebbineng7056 2018-02-21 20:24 |
| #11 Sadly yes. OS captures it in his first paragraph. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2018-02-21 19:48 |
| #10 its sad that it came to this. The initial problem could have been fixed if Bush had actually imposed consequences on Turkey for its refusal to act as a NATO partner and allow the northern axis access via Turkish ports in OIF-I. Bush really blew it. And Obama made it worse by his basically acting as Iranian ally in the region due to the 5th column treason inside the Oval Office at the highest level, Valerie Jarrett. If there was any justice she should have at least been indicted by now. What makes it worse is that the best natural allies we have in the region are the Kurds. And we still have not given them the support and heavy weapons, including artillery, that they need. When will we act honorably and quit doing to the Kurds in SW Asia what our nation did to the Montagnard in Vietnam? Its disgusting. There are brave men and women over there. And many US and other westerners helping them and trying to make a difference, in spite of our State Department and 3 letter agencies. I will go to my deathbed with no regrets for what we attempted to do, and ashamed of my government for failing to do the right things. |
| Posted by: OldSpook 2018-02-21 19:18 |
| #9 The only serious site covering the WOT. Thanks Fred. Gonna stand up and testify. Was having a conversation with one of my more informed and interested friends shortly after Libya caught some tomahawks and Obama was learning to samba. I said something to the effect, "And can you believe what MILF is doing in the Philippines?" He paused, as if waiting for the punch line. Eh? Got him up to speed as best I could concerning the Philippines and Thailand. Hey, if you are still lurking, whassup man! |
| Posted by: swksvolFF 2018-02-21 18:53 |
| #8 "Only site I know of covering this action. Love Rantburg." The only serious site covering the WOT. Thanks Fred. |
| Posted by: newc 2018-02-21 18:46 |
| #7 Excellent work UE7056. Only site I know of covering this action. Love Rantburg. |
| Posted by: swksvolFF 2018-02-21 13:11 |
| #6 Day 30 of Erdogan's "3 day Invasion" of Afrin, Syria Snark of the Day? After the Great Purge™ was there anyone to tell the Grand Pasha that this might not be an act of "Genius! Sheer Genius!" (Wile E. Coyote version)? The only practical effect is to force the Kurds to become closer to Assad. |
| Posted by: magpie 2018-02-21 11:59 |
| #5 Erdogan's "3 day Invasion" of Afrin, Syria Nailing it. |
| Posted by: Woodrow 2018-02-21 07:29 |
| #4 As these YPJ snipers move out to the front lines, their commander announces that there will be good news soon. This was posted 2 days ago and it could be in reference to the Syrian Regime moving in to counter Turkey today. |
| Posted by: Ulaigum Ebbineng7056 2018-02-21 05:18 |
| #3 Rantburg U! |
| Posted by: newc 2018-02-21 00:50 |
| #2 Erdogan has jailed at last count 789 people in Turkey who opposed the Afrin invasion. The political opposition has been adamant that Erdogan gets the cooperation of Pencil Neck before the invasion, but he chose not to for expansionist reasons, not for anti-terrorist reasons. |
| Posted by: Ulaigum Ebbineng7056 2018-02-21 00:44 |
| #1 Day 30 of Erdogan's "3 day Invasion" of Afrin, Syria Such a wonderful headline. There are consequences for purging all suspected of being politically unreliable because they’re good at their jobs. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2018-02-21 00:16 |