What will Turkey Face during the Afrin Operation?
urkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan declared the imminent start of the Afrin operation in order to cleanse part of its southern border from PKK-affiliated YPG terrorists.
Who will oppose Syria being free from terrorism?
”“Our expectation is actually very basic, simple, clear and concrete: to end support of the YPG and PYD.
Operation Olive Branch secures Europe
5 million Syrian refugees in Turkey – had Turkey not intervened in Afrin, where the YPG terrorist group have been in control since 2012 – a new wave of migration could have occurred in Europe.
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
Air offensives on the PKK/YPG positions with fire support elements from land are expected, at the initial stage, to concentrate on the Dikmetas village, Minagh Air Base and Tel Rifat town located in the east of Afrin, Sheikh al-Hadid village, Jandaris town and Burj Abdullah village in the south of Afrin, where the main defense lines of the PKK and the YPG are located.
What does Afrin mean for Turkey’s War on Terror?
) in northern Syria, whose numbers are estimated to be around 250,000, were deported by YPG militants in 2016.
Everything about Operation Olive Branch
urkey has been in a long on-going preparation process for an extensive military operation against the PYD/YPG, which the country deems as a threat to both its own national security and to the territorial integrity of Syria.
Erickson: US made a terrible mistake by supporting PKK/PYD
Our next client, the next choice was the YPG, the Kurds.
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.
Turkish main opposition backs the Operation Olive Branch
The Turkish General Staff has said the operation was aimed at establishing security and stability along Turkish borders and the region as well as eliminating PKK/KCK/PYD-YPG and Daesh terror groups, and protecting the Syrian people from the oppression and cruelty of terrorists.
Turkey’s steps not against Syrian Kurds
support to the PKK/PYD, YPG or SDF.
US: From “border security” to “hold” force in Syria
It was announced that the majority of these 30,000 fighters would be SDF veterans – otherwise known as YPG militants.
The US insists on sponsoring terror in Afrin
The PKK/PYD and the PKK’s Syrian offshoot the YPG have remained a national security threat for Turkey and thus the Turkish administration has justified its intention to intervene in Afrin on this basis.
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
is taking “worrisome steps towards legitimizing the PKK terrorist group’s Syrian offshoot, PYD-YPG under the pretense of the ‘fight against Daesh.
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.
The End of US Hegemony in World Politics? Trump’s Security Doctrine
support given to the PKK/YPG terrorist group in Syria.
Palestine is a sovereign state, with East Jerusalem as its capital
”Criticizing Trump for his decision, Erdogan also reminded OIC members that the US has been supporting another terrorist organization in the Middle East – the YPG/PYD – which form the Syrian wing of the PKK – a terrorist organization according to Turkey, the US and European Union.
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Afrin is the hub of YPG/PKK terror groups and Turkey is bent on preventing them just like Daesh.
