Aim of Afrin operation: Justice
The Afrin region has remained a safe hideout for the PKK/YPG after the Assad regime handed it over in 2012.
Operation Olive Branch: Direct Intervention, Indirect Message
In this scope, the most feasible alternative to carry the counter-terrorism fight across the border and prevent the PKK from becoming a regional actor in post-Daesh Syria seems to create a strategic state in Afrin.
What does Afrin mean for Turkey’s War on Terror?
ollowing Operation Euphrates Shield (OES), Turkey brought a new dimension to its military activity in Syria in order to minimize the PKK’s strength in northern Syria and to “de-territorialize” the terrorist group in the middle term.
Everything about Operation Olive Branch
Yet, figures provided regarding the population of Afrin are contradictory – especially numbers released by pro-PKK/PYD sources are exaggerated.
Mattis: Turkey has legitimate security concerns
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Turkey's operation was carried out against the PKK/KCK/PYD-YPG and Daesh terrorist groups under the framework of Turkey’s rights based on international law, the UN Security Council’s decisions and self-defense rights under the UN charter.
Turkey’s Afrin Operation dominates headlines of Arab media
rab media have shed the spotlight on Turkey’s ongoing Operation Olive Branch to dislodge the PYD/PKK terrorist group from northern Syria’s Afrin city.
Turkish fighter jets take off from Incirlik airbase towards Syria
The operation -- aimed at eliminating PYD/PKK and Daesh elements from Syria's Afrin -- was launched at 5 p.
Erdogan: Operation Olive Branch to complete in a very short time
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The operation, aimed at eliminating PYD/PKK and Daesh elements from Syria's Afrin, was launched at 5 p.
Turkish main opposition backs the Operation Olive Branch
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Turkey on Saturday launched Operation Olive Branch to remove PYD/PKK and Daesh terrorists from Syria's Afrin.
Turkey’s steps not against Syrian Kurds
Turkey intends to clean Afrin from the PKK/PYD – which has remained a major national security threat to the country.
US: From “border security” to “hold” force in Syria
-led coalition is training the PKK/PYD-led SDF as a “stabilization” and “hold force.
The US insists on sponsoring terror in Afrin
”The Assad regime handed over Afrin to the PKK/PYD terrorist group and according to estimates there are around 8,000-10,000 terrorists in the area.
US ought to reverse border force plan
as an attempt to legitimize the terrorist organization PKK/PYD in the region.
Turkey may expand operations in Syria
The FM stated that “Turkey’s precautions against the YPG/PKK cannot be limited to Afrin alone.
US army plan against territorial integrity in Syria
-backed group that is largely controlled and funded by the PKK/PYD terrorist organization in Syria.
Cavusoglu: The U.S. will understand
to support Ankara’s fight against FETO and the continuous military supplies to the PKK’s Syrian offshoot, YPG/PYD, have remained as core problems in relations.
Universal consensus to bring peace to Syria
administration failed to support Turkey in its fight against terrorism, but the Trump administration continue to supply arms to the PKK affiliated YPG terrorist organization in Syria.
A Charm Offensive: Turkey and France Reset Relations
Erdogan warned of global terror threats by DAESH but as well by FETO and the PKK, and discussed Jerusalem and the Palestine question and the United Nations.
Towards a more Realistic German Foreign Policy?
in order to protect its own interests against the Syrian offshoots of the outlawed PKK’s quests for an autonomous region, adding that the EU and the U.
The End of US Hegemony in World Politics? Trump’s Security Doctrine
support given to the PKK/YPG terrorist group in Syria.
