...the only place on the face of the earth that misses the Ottoman Empire...waged battles on Friday against Kurdish forces near the town of Ain Issa in northern Syria, where Russian and
Ankara’s Western allies widely condemned that incursion, which was halted when Turkey reached separate deals with Washington and Moscow, the second of which agreed to establish the joint Russian-
The YPG, which Turkey deems a terrorist group, forms the military backbone of the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) alliance which defeated ISIS in northeast Syria with the help of US air power.
Ain Issa, where the festivities erupted overnight, sits along the M4 highway that links major Syrian cities and where the Russian-
A rebel source with the Turkey-backed National Army said the faction seized some farmland after mounting an attack at the edge of the town.
An SDF commander told local Kurdish media that shelling hit parts of the town and highway but his forces were thwarting the attack.
Ain Issa, east of the Euphrates river, also has a sprawling camp for displaced people where the SDF has held families of ISIS fighters, including foreigners.
Civilians reported dead as Turkey-backed militants intensify attacks in Ain Issa
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...the occupiers of Greek Asia Minor...
murderous Moslems carried out fresh attacks on Friday against the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) in Ain Issa, with several civilian casualties reported by local outlets.
SDF forces in villages surrounding the town came under repeated attack from Thursday to Friday evening, according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR).
The UK-based war monitor added that the murderous Moslems were backed by
Two non-combatants were killed in the festivities, according to SDF-affiliated North Press Agency (NPA), which reported heavy
SDF snipers foiled infiltration attempts by the murderous Moslems into both villages, according to Hawar News Agency (ANHA).
Ain Issa is located to the east of Euphrates River, at a junction that connects many cities in northeast Syria, and has been a focal point of recent festivities.
Residents of villages surrounding Ain Issa have previously told Rudaw of their fears of a
Turkey’s proxies in northern Syria have been bombarding the strategic town in Raqqa province for months, but have been unable to make any advances.
There have been reports about Russia’s attempts to persuade the SDF to hand over the town to the regime forces to stop
Amina Omar, co-chair of Syrian Democratic Council (SDC) - the political arm of the SDF - told Rudaw on Friday that "Russia pressures the SDF to push it to hand over Ain Issa to Damascus."
Russians are present in the town but have been slammed by Kurdish officials and locals for their "indifference" against regular attacks from
Omar added that Ankara's aim in the attacks is to "separate different parts of northeast Syria from each other."
Turkey and its proxies control stretches of northern Syria, including parts of Aleppo and Idlib provinces, and a so-called "safe zone" between Sari Kani (Ras al-Ain) and Gire Spi (Tel Abyad) in northeast Syria — taken by Ankara’s proxies after Operation Peace Spring, which displaced hundreds of thousands of civilians last October.
Ankara has evacuated seven of its observation posts in Idlib province - where the regime is dominant - to areas under its control, an unnamed
"It is not in the form of troop withdrawal or reducing their numbers. The situation is just about changing location," the source said.
...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 in the White House, 400 more than in Versailles, and 325 more than Buckingham Palace, so you know who's really more important...warned late October that his troops will launch fresh attacks if SDF forces do not withdraw from the Turkey-Syria border.
"Again, I repeat that if the promises are not fulfilled, we have legitimate cause to act whenever we need to eliminate all bully boyz from the areas we have identified."