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Offline TomSea

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Turkish troops shell Afrin to oust US-backed Kurdish militia
« on: January 20, 2018, 02:37:21 am »
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Turkish troops shell Afrin to oust US-backed Kurdish militia

Istanbul (AFP) - Turkey on Friday started shelling the Syrian town of Afrin held by a US-backed Kurdish militia that Ankara considers "terrorists" in a move to oust them, the defence minister said.

The Turkish government has repeatedly warned that a full-scale operation against Syrian towns controlled by the Kurdish People's Protection Units (YPG) militia, including Afrin, is imminent after the US said it was training a 30,000-strong border force there.

"The Afrin operation will take place," Defence Minister Nurettin Canikli told A Haber television.

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Re: Turkish troops shell Afrin to oust US-backed Kurdish militia
« Reply #1 on: January 20, 2018, 04:06:09 am »



They will clear it out?
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