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Afrin Turkey’s Vietnam, Erdogan 3 Hour turn to 3 days now 3 weeks.

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Afrin Erdogan Vietnam

Afrin Erdogan Vietnam

YPG commander Manî Egîd believes that Afrin will become a second Vietnam for the Turkish state.

Within three hours, the Turkish state wanted to conquer Afrin with the help of recruited Islamists. Meanwhile, 23 days have passed and the second largest NATO army still hangs in the border area. YPG commander Manî Egid told ANF about the situation in Afrin:

“Afrin is being attacked from all sides, but the Turkish military has not made any real progress after more than three weeks. At the beginning it was said that Turkey would take Afrin within three hours. The three hours turned into three days and then a week. Today, however, is the 23rd day of resistance. Resistance is being mounted throughout Afrin. The comrades are in defensive positions. The second largest NATO army and its militia recruited by ISIS and el-Qaeda have not progressed.”

TECHNOLOGY AGAINST WILLPOWER

“The Turkish army and allied gangs are still in the border area. In some places they have penetrated three kilometers, at one point five kilometers. They succeeded only because of their technical capacity. To take a place, they use fighter jets, reconnaissance drones, grenade launchers and tanks. They trust in technology, we trust in our willpower.”

AFRIN MEANS DOWNFALL OF THE AKP

“Erdoğan embodies all fascist elements and wants to occupy Afrin. We consider this war a final. It will be over with the AKP if it fails in Afrin. It attacks the Kurds everywhere, but Afrin will mean their downfall. We will make Afrin a second Vietnam for the second largest NATO army.”

INVASION ATTEMPT BEFORE THE EYES OF THE WORLD PUBLIC

“The Turkish state is trying to occupy Afrin in the eyes of the world public. Here a people lives in its own land and another country arrives and wants to invade it. It is an invasion against which everyone should do something. We call on young people from all four parts of Kurdistan to join the resistance in Afrin. We will break the attacks of the Turkish army in Afrin.”

DEMOGRAPHY OF KURDISTAN IS INTENDED TO BE CHANGED

“The Turkish state says it wants to accommodate refugees from Syria in Afrin. So far, the Syrian refugees have always been used as a lever against Europe. Now they serve as justification for the occupation of Afrin. Erdoğan wants to massacre and drive out the population of Afrin, so that the militia of the ISIS and the Al-Qaeda, who are in bondage with him, can settle in Afrin with their families. He is not concerned with refugees. He wants to kill two birds with one stone. The demographics of Kurdistan is intended to be changed and the Kurdish achievements are intended to be obstructed. We will not allow that and we are prepared for it.”

PREPARED FOR OVER A YEAR OF RESISTANCE

“In the villages and districts of Afrin, we have made preparations that are sufficient for a period of over one year. In the city center, we are prepared for a much longer period of resistance. Should they come, they should advance a bit further, we will be waiting for them. They’ve been hanging around the border for over three weeks. As I said, we are prepared, logistically as well as militarily. “

Reports Seven Turkish Soldiers neutralized During Afrin Operation

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ANKARA  At least seven Turkish servicemen were killed on Saturday during the operation in Syria’s northern district of Afrin, the Turkish General Staff said.

Earlier in the day, the Turkish General Staff reported about five servicemen killed in Afrin operation, including two servicemen killed during the crash of a Turkish ATAK helicopter in the area.

“Two more our comrades-in-arms were killed on February 10 during Olive Branch operation, and four were injured. Eleven members of the PYD [Kurdish Democratic Union Party], the YPG [Kurdish People’s Protection Units] and IS [Daesh] terrorist organizations were killed,” the statement said.

EU expresses concerns over Turkey’s Invasion in Syria’s Afrin

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EU expresses concerns

The European Union (EU) warned on Tuesday that Turkish military offensive against the Kurdish-controlled enclave of Afrin in the northern Syria could derail a political solution to the conflict in Syria.

“The Afrin offensive could have political consequences on the internal balances inside the future Syria at large and on the potential of political negotiations because the new escalation of violence can push away the chances for a political solution to the conflict,” said Federica Mogherini, the High Representative of the EU for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, according to Stockholmcf.org.

“We need to concentrate all of us in supporting the UN-lead negotiations in Geneva. The war in Syria is not over yet,” said Mogherini during a speech in the debate on current human rights situation in Turkey and the situation in Afrin at the European Parliament in Strasbourg.

“We are deeply worried about the new front opened in Syria. We are worried first of all for humanitarian reasons. The people of Syria cannot afford a new front and a new crisis,” she said. Mogherini has also stressed that dialogue with Turkey today “is more important than ever,” and noted that “Turkey is facing enormous challenges.”

Turkish warplanes began striking Afrin on January 20, as dozens of civilians, including children and women, were reported to have been killed by air raids and shelling.

The campaign dubbed “Operation Olive Branch” by Turkish autocratic President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan is meant to clear Syria’s Kurdish-held northwest district of People’s Protection Units (YPG) fighters who Turkey claims are an offshoot of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK). Ankara has labeled the US-backed Kurdish forces a “terrorist organization” and has been infuriated by Washington’s support for the YPG.

The US, which is backing the Kurds in the ongoing battle against ISIL in Syria, said it was concerned and has called on Turkey to limit its military offensive in the Kurdish region.

 

YPG Commander Hemo: 18 days paper tiger Turkish army has made no advance in Afrin

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YPG Commander General Sipan Hemo stated that the Turkish army has made no advances in Afrin despite its intensified attacks and has its eye on Aleppo.

General Commander of the People’s Protection Units (YPG) spoke to Asharq Al-Awsat and stated that the Turkish army has made no advances in Afrin despite all the attacks it has carried out for 18 days now.

Hemo said; “Turkey is trying to crush the will of Kurdish people. Again, tactically, it wants to invade Afrin region and the villages to the east and west of Aleppo because Erdogan sees Aleppo as a part of the Ottoman Empire. Turkish forces have advanced only 500 meters in some locations and 3 km into the border line. This advance is no gain.”

Hemo said that 11 tanks of the Turkish army have been destroyed and many soldiers have been killed since the launch of the operation against Afrin.

YPG Commander General pointed out that Afrin and Shehba regions are receiving no military support amid intensified attacks, adding; “The missiles we use against the Turkish state in Afrin belong to neither America nor Russia. In this regard, America has announced several times that they have no relationship with Shehba and Afrin. Our forces are acting with the Coalition forces in the fight against ISIS only to the east of Euphrates.”

YPG Commander Hemo: Turkish army has made no advance in Afrin

YPG Commander General Sipan Hemo stated that the Turkish army has made no advances in Afrin despite its intensified attacks and has its eye on Aleppo.

General Commander of the People’s Protection Units (YPG) spoke to Asharq Al-Awsat and stated that the Turkish army has made no advances in Afrin despite all the attacks it has carried out for 18 days now.

Hemo said; “Turkey is trying to crush the will of Kurdish people. Again, tactically, it wants to invade Afrin region and the villages to the east and west of Aleppo because Erdogan sees Aleppo as a part of the Ottoman Empire. Turkish forces have advanced only 500 meters in some locations and 3 km into the border line. This advance is no gain.”

Hemo said that 11 tanks of the Turkish army have been destroyed and many soldiers have been killed since the launch of the operation against Afrin.

YPG Commander General pointed out that Afrin and Shehba regions are receiving no military support amid intensified attacks, adding; “The missiles we use against the Turkish state in Afrin belong to neither America nor Russia. These are thermal missiles we bought from the black market and developed. In this regard, America has announced several times that they have no relationship with Shehba and Afrin. Our forces are acting with the Coalition forces in the fight against ISIS only to the east of Euphrates.”

Syria: Afrin asks Russia to help halt Turkey’s invasion

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Stop Turkish invasion of Syria

Authorities in Afrin have called on global powers to halt Turkey’s invasion on the region as thousands of people take to the streets in the Syrian city in condemnation of Ankara’s incursion.

“We ask the Russian federation in particular to rescind its support for the Turkish state’s terrorism against the people of Afrin,” said Afrin’s local administration — the semi-autonomous government in power since 2013 – in a statement released on Sunday.

“It bears responsibility for the massacres the fascist Turkish state is carrying out against innocent civilians,” it added. The statement referred to Russia’s move of withdrawing its troops who were stationed in Afrin when Turkey launched its assault.

It also called on the United States, EU, United Nations Security Council and the US-led coalition to “immediately intervene to stop Turkey’s aggression.”

Turkey launched the so-called Operation Olive Branch in Syria’s Afrin on January 20 in a bid to eliminate the YPG, which Ankara views as a terror organization and the Syrian branch of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK).

More civilian casualties due to Turkish Invasion in Afrin, Syria Video

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Turkish invasion of Afrin

Turkish invasion of Afrin

The number of civilians killed on Turkey’s offensive in Afrin has passed 100, according to local health authorities.  Afrin Hospital stated that 104 civilians have been killed and 165 injured.

Turkey has denied reports of civilian casualties. “No civilian has been harmed in Operation Olive Branch” by Turkish forces or their allied Syrian militias, Turkey’s National Defence Minister Nurettin Canikli said on Tuesday.

A UK-based conflict monitors and Russia’s Foreign Ministry, however, have both confirmed civilian casualties.  The recent figures from the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights put the civilian death toll at 68, including 21 children and 12 women. Another at least 185 have been injured.

Most of the civilians killed are Syrians displaced by conflict in other areas of the country, according to the PYD, the ruling political party in Rojava, northern Syria.

 

Kurdish forces in Afrin Syria Launch nine rocked into Turkish town kill 2 wanded 18

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At least two people were killed and 18 others wounded in Reyhanli and Kilis in nine rocket attacks launched from northern Syria amid an ongoing Turkish invasion against Kurdish enclave of Afrin.

Rockets fired from northern Syria wrought havoc in downtown Reyhanli, a border town in the southern province of Hatay, on Friday, killing two residents.

The rocket attacks have intensified after Turkey’s foray into northwestern Syria to capture Afrin from People’s Protection Units (YPG), Kurdish Fighters

Speaking of the “Operation Olive Branch,” Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yildirim said on Friday five Turkish people have been killed and more than 100 wounded in total in 82 rocket attacks launched from northern Syria.

Turkey’s border towns have become targets in what is believed to be retaliatory attacks from YPG-controlled areas since the onset of the Turkish operation against Afrin.

Friday’s attacks were the most ferocious ones as nine rockets were fired in a single day.

Afrin operation in German parliament debated “Turkey’s argument is false”

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Germany Afrin debated

Germany Afrin debated

Afrin’s operations in Turkey were discussed in the German Parliament. All parties described the operation as contrary to international law. The opposition criticized the German government for not reacting hard to the campaign.

At the request of the Left Party in the German parliament’s military operation against Syria’s Afrin in northwest Turkey were discussed. Politicians from all parties described the Afrin campaign as contrary to international law.

Christian Union (CSU / CSU), speaking parties name Roderich Kiesewetter, is not an attack on Turkey and Afrin operation is not planned such an attack “against international law” as he expressed the need to değerlendirdiril. Kiesewetter defending the stance of the German government in Berlin “Turkey to stop the support of the modernization of the equipment and tanks he gave to the “said the decision was correct.

German Foreign Minister Sigmar Gabriel said in a statement last week, the decision on issues such as modernization of Turkey said that it would be sold in the tank to be established by the government.

Christian Democratic Union (CDU) party Kiesewetter, said would not be enough to solve the problem of symbolic politics, he said Turkey’s Afrin operations need to be addressed in NATO and the United Nations system.

Social Democratic Party (SPD), said that Dagmar Freitag share the same opinion with Kiesewetter, Afrin’s campaign “is incompatible with international law,” he said. Freitag, Turkey increase tensions in the region of the operation pointed at risk.

Afrin protest from the Left Party

Turkey’s military operations Afrin speaking of MPs from the opposition parties on the grounds that the session discussed as well as the condemnation of Ankara enough to show a strong response criticized the German government.

Katja Kipping, co-chairman of the Left Party, dismissed the Afghan operation of the Turkish Armed Forces and reacted to the German government’s failure to make a statement condemning the operation.

“The Turkish army is killing civilians in Afrin, but Prime Minister Angela Merkel is also silent,” Kipping said.

German government, calling out, “Your silence, Erdogan is to kneel in front. Put an end to this silence,” said the Left Party politician, “stop any military cooperation with Turkey planned” made the call.

Yellow for protesting against the Left Party in Turkey Afrin operation of some lawmakers, while wearing green and red colors shawls were caused to react in the Bundestag. German Parliament Speaker Wolfgang Kubicki, who oversaw the session, reminded parliament that the protest was forbidden and asked the MPs to remove the sailors.

Fdp’l Assignee: Turkey’s argument is false

As well as the Green Left Party also reiterated its call for an end to arms exports to Turkey. Green Keulen Katja speaking on behalf of the party, “the German government from banning of Turkey with all kinds of weapons exports,” he said they demanded. Keulen, said what the military action against Turkey to Syria in his speech that self-defense is nor approved by the UN. The “international law contrary, “Keul said,” Our expectation from the Alma government is that it is expressed clearly. “

Free Democratic Party (FDP), the lawmaker Bijan Dj-Sarai north Syria condemns Turkey’s military operations. Instead of fighting against terrorism in the said operation “of the Kurds in all kinds of methods to destroy its influence in this region,” arguing that used Dj-Sarai, Germany, Turkey’s stance is “obliged to condemn,” he said.

What’s Turkey’s Afrin operation NATO nor the United Nations (UN) stated that approved by the Free Democratic Party politician, Turkey’s “argument in the direction of self-defense” and “fake” as well as “presumptuous” as described. In this framework, both the German government and NATO must condemn this operation.

Dj-Sarai, the European Union (EU) carried out with the full membership of Turkey has also demanded an end to müzareke.

Alternative for Germany (AFD) Rüdiger Lucassen also speaking on behalf of the party, said that Turkey should end its membership talks with the EU. Lucassen also criticized the speech in Germany’s arms exports to Turkey.

DW, AFP, KNA / JD,

Report Kurdish forces launch big counter-offensive in northwest Afrin

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BEIRUT, LEBANON (7:40 P.M.) – The Kurdish-led People’s Protection Units (YPG) launched a big counter-assault in the northwestern countryside of the Afrin region, tonight, striking the towns recently captured by the Turkish-backed rebels in the Bulbul District.

The main focus of this counter-assault appears to be the town of Bulbul, which was seized by the Turkish-backed Terrorist rebels FSA earlier today.

No gains have been reported thus far.

YPG counter-attacks are typically launched at night in order to evade the Turkish warplanes and choppers that stalk their positions in the Afrin region.