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lördag 23 januari 2016

Turkey is preparing for a land operation




Turkey is preparing for a land operation

The Crowded Syrian Battlefield: Is a Turkish Invasion Next?


there has been mounting evidence that Turkish military forces may be readying a ground offensive into Syria. It appears that the primary Turkish objective is to seize the territory between Jarabalus and Afrin to forestall the further westward expansion of the YPG and the creation of a "Kurdish Corridor" from the frontier with Iraq to the Mediterranean along the Turkish-Syrian border. Syrian Kurds have already declared this region the independent Kurdish state of Rojava (Eastern Kurdistan). The Turkish operation would have the added benefit of clearing IS forces along the last stretch of Turkish border that they still have access to...



READ MORE: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/joseph-v-micallef/the-crowded-syrian-battle_b_9045794.html

Turkey clearing ISIS mines along Syria border
Turkey has started to remove mines planted by ISIS along a strip of territory near a Syrian border town, only a day after an Ankara-backed rebel group declared the area a “military zone” and advised civilians to leave.

A mine sweeper arrived Tuesday morning in Gaziantep province’s Karkamis district in southern Turkey to remove the landmines planted by ISIS along the Syrian-Turkish border near Jarabulus, Turkey’s state-run Anadolu News Agency reported.

READ MORE: https://now.mmedia.me/lb/en/NewsReports/566505-turkey-clearing-isis-mines-along-syria-border

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