Sunday, January 21, 2018

Turkey invades Syria to kill Kurds...our allies. Another legacy of Hillary's State Department!

Turkey INVADES Syria – tanks and soldiers cross the border 

TURKISH military forces are invading Syria after pounding the war-torn country with airstrikes.
By Rachel O'Donoghue / 

Turkish military enter Syria through the Hatay border

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Forces entered the country's Afrin province today just 24 hours after pounding the region with airstrikes.
Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yildirim reportedly said they are targeting US-backed Kurdish fighters.
Shocking pictures show dozens of tanks and armoured vehicles crossing over the border in a terrifying display of military might.
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INVASION: Turkish tanks have been crossing into Syria
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FORCES: Tanks and other military hardware were seen crossing into Syria

Turkish Tanks Storm ISIS in Syria

 
The Turkish army launched an offensive operation against ISIS in Syria's Jarablus with its war jets and army troops in coordination with the US led coalition war planes
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This picture taken from the Turkish Syrian border city of Karkamis in the southern region of Gaziantep, on August 24, 2016 shows smoke billows following air strikes by a Turkish Army jet fighter on the Syrian Turkish border village of Jarabulus during fig 
  • This picture taken from the Turkish Syri
  • Smoke raises as Turkish tanks and members of the Free Syrian Army (FSA) pass the Syrian border as part of their offensive against the so-called Islamic State (ISIS or IS) militant group in Syria, in Karkamis district of Gaziantep, Turkey, 24 August 2016
  • Turkey's army backed by international coalition air strikes launched an operation involving fighter jets and elite ground troops to drive Islamic State jihadists out of a key Syrian border town
  • This picture taken on August 24, 2016, shows a Turkish army tank driving towards Syria in the Turkish-Syrian border city of Karkamis, in the southern region of Gaziantep
  • This picture taken from the Turkish Syrian border city of Karkamis in the southern region of Gaziantep, on August 24, 2016 shows Turkish army tanks and pro-Ankara Syrian opposition fighters moving two kilometres west from the Syrian Turkish border
  • Turkish military tanks are seen in Jarabulus, Syria during the "Operation Euphrates Shield" on August 24, 2016
  • This picture taken from the Turkish Syrian border city of Karkamis in the southern region of Gaziantep, on August 24, 2016 shows Turkish army tanks and pro-Ankara Syrian opposition fighters moving
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CLASHES: But Kurdish forces have claimed they were able to beat back the Turkish military 
But the Syrian-Kurdish YPG militia has denied there is a full-scale invasion underway, claiming forces clashed in Afrin but Turkish soldiers were beaten back.
YPG official, Nouri Mahmoudi, said "all the Turkish military's ground attacks against Afrin have been repelled so far and they have been forced to retreat."
A statement from the militia said: "Our people are holding on to their land and do not accept surrender... we repeat our determination to protect our people in Afrin against the attacks."
Turkey has claimed the massive movement of military hardware into the country is simply to create a 30km-deep "safe zone" in the north of the country.
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STRIKES: The Turkish forces entered just hours after airstrikes were launched

Turkish Military Coup 

 
The violent military coup to overthrow Turkey's President Erdogan has 'failed' leaving at least 104 dead and more than 1,500 wounded
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People react after they take over military position on the Bosphorus bridge in Istanbul on July 16, 2016AFP/GETTY IMAGES
People react after they take over military position on the Bosphorus bridge in Istanbul on July 16, 2016 
  • People react after they take over military position on the Bosphorus bridge in Istanbul on July 16, 2016
  • Soldiers are stripped of their uniforms and made to wear handcuffs after their attempt to kick Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan out of office failed
  • A police officer talks with the soldiers involved in the coup attempt after they surrendered
  • Women react after people took over military position on the Bosphorus bridge in Istanbul
  • People take to the streets in Ankara, Turkey during a protest agaist military coup on July 16, 2016
  • Turkish solders stay at Taksim square as people react
  • People take cover as heavy explosions are heard
It came just hours after Turkey launches airstrikes in Afrin, with the military claiming it had hit 153 targets so far, including shelters and hideouts used by Kurdish militants.
But the YPG – which is backed by the United States but classed as a terrorist organisation by Turkey – said they had killed six civilians and three of its fighters.
Turkey has dubbed the action "Operation Olive Branch", which has seen them carry out relentless airstrikes yesterday.
Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan's spokesman, Ibrahim Kalin, wrote on Twitter: "In its second day, OliveBranchOperation continues to ensure peace and security for our people, protect Syria's territorial integrity and eliminate all terrorist elements in the region.
"Turkey expects its allies to support its fight against terrorism in all of its forms."
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DAMAGE: The aftermath of rockets fired from Syria at the Turkish border town of Kilis 

Turkish forces INVADE Syria

 
Turkish forces prepare tanks and cross over into Syria via the Hatay border.
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Smoke rises after Turkish military aircrafts hit an observation point of PYD/PKK terror group in Afrin, Syria 
  • Smoke rises after Turkish military aircrafts hit an observation point of PYD/PKK terror group in Afrin, Syria
  • A Turkish military tanks arrives at an army base in the border town of Reyhanli near the Turkish-Syrian border in Hatay province
  • Turkish army howitzers fire from a military post on the Turkish-Syrian border in Hatay province
  • A Turkish military convoy arrives at a village on the Turkish-Syrian border in Kilis province
  • Smoke rises from the Syria's Afrin region, as it is pictured from near the Turkish town of Hassa, on the Turkish-Syrian border in Hatay province
  • The Turkish military unloads tanks at a village on the Turkish-Syrian border in Kilis province
  • An armored Turkish army vehicle drives to a military post near the town of Hassa on the Turkish-Syrian border in Hatay province
“Turkey expects its allies to support its fight against terrorism in all of its forms”
Turkish PM spokesman
Turkey's state-run Anadolu news agency reported that four rockets fired from Syria hit the border town of Kilis overnight, damaging houses. Turkish security forces then retaliated, it said.
The operation pits Turkey against Kurdish fighters allied to the US at a time when ties between Ankara and Washington – NATO allies and members of the coalition against ISIS – reach breaking point.
Turkey sees the YPG as an extension of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK), which has carried out a deadly, three-decade insurgency in Turkey's mainly Kurdish southeast.
But the US is backing the YPG in Syria, seeing it as an effective partner in the fight against ISIS.
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