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Turkey says 3,000 terrorists “neutralised” in Syria
Turkey’s military said it had “neutralised” an additional 115 terrorists in Syria’s Afrin region over the past 24 hours.

The figure brings the total count to 3,055, the military said in a daily update on its web site on Thursday. That’s a reported increase of almost 1,000 in the past week. Turkey uses the term “neutralised” to mean enemy combatants killed or captured.

346 Kurdish fighters have died in the conflict, wihich began on Jan. 20, according to the U.K.-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, a non-government group that collates information about the Syrian civil war using local statistics and eye witness reports.

Turkey started its military incursion, together with militants of the Free Syrian Army (FSA), to battle fighters of the People’s Protection Units (YPG), the armed wing of a Kurdish group that’s established an enclave in the region with autonomy from the government in Damascus.

The YPG is allied with the United States in its fight against Islamic State (ISIS), but Turkey says the organisation is indistinguishable from the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK), an autonomy-seeking group in Turkey designated as terrorist by Washington and the European Union.

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Home English Türkçe العربية  Afrin Mar 08 2018 Turkey says 3,000 terrorists “neutralised” in Syria Turkey’s military said it had “neutralised” an additional 115 terrorists in Syria’s Afrin region over the past 24 hours. The figure brings the total count to 3,055, the military said in a daily update on its web site on Thursday. That’s a reported increase of almost 1,000 in the past week. Turkey uses the term “neutralised” to mean enemy combatants killed or captured. 346 Kurdish fighters have died in the conflict, wihich began on Jan. 20, according to the U.K.-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, a non-government group that collates information about the Syrian civil war using local statistics and eye witness reports. Turkey started its military incursion, together with militants of the Free Syrian Army (FSA), to battle fighters of the People’s Protection Units (YPG), the armed wing of a Kurdish group that’s established an enclave in the region with autonomy from the government in Damascus. The YPG is allied with the United States in its fight against Islamic State (ISIS), but Turkey says the organisation is indistinguishable from the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK), an autonomy-seeking group in Turkey designated as terrorist by Washington and the European Union. Türk Silahlı Kuvvetleri Genelkurmay Başkanlığı Related Articles Thumbnail 10,000 women travel on Conscience Convoy to Turkish-Syrian border Thumbnail America doesn’t want Turkey’s success in the region – oppositon deputy leader © copyright Ahval 2017 Footer menu    Home English Türkçe العربية  Afrin Mar 08 2018 Turkey says 3,000 terrorists “neutralised” in Syria Turkey’s military said it had “neutralised” an additional 115 terrorists in Syria’s Afrin region over the past 24 hours. The figure brings the total count to 3,055, the military said in a daily update on its web site on Thursday. That’s a reported increase of almost 1,000 in the past week. Turkey uses the term “neutralised” to mean enemy combatants killed or captured. 346 Kurdish fighters have died in the conflict, wihich began on Jan. 20, according to the U.K.-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, a non-government group that collates information about the Syrian civil war using local statistics and eye witness reports. Turkey started its military incursion, together with militants of the Free Syrian Army (FSA), to battle fighters of the People’s Protection Units (YPG), the armed wing of a Kurdish group that’s established an enclave in the region with autonomy from the government in Damascus. The YPG is allied with the United States in its fight against Islamic State (ISIS), but Turkey says the organisation is indistinguishable from the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK), an autonomy-seeking group in Turkey designated as terrorist by Washington and the European Union. Türk Silahlı Kuvvetleri Genelkurmay Başkanlığı Related Articles Thumbnail 10,000 women travel on Conscience Convoy to Turkish-Syrian border Thumbnail America doesn’t want Turkey’s success in the region – oppositon deputy leader © copyright Ahval 2017 Footer menu    ShareThis Copy and Paste

 

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Turkey boosts tank defences in Afrin as SDF claims 96 armoured vehicles destroyed
By Rudaw yesterday at 07:48

A Turkish tank on the outskirts of Jandaris town, southwestern Afrin, on Wednesday. Photo: Omar Haj Kadour/AFP
ERBIL, Kurdistan Region – Turkey will begin installing domestically-made protection systems on its tanks in Afrin, to shield them from missiles and rocket fire, the defence minister stated on Wednesday as a conflict monitor noted an “escalated” pace of operations in the Syrian Kurdish enclave.

“We will begin to install PULAT system to our tanks participating in Afrin operation by the end of this month or beginning of April,” Turkish Defence Minister Nurettin Canikli told Anadolu Agency in an interview.

The system, with 360 degrees of range, detects and intercepts approaching anti-tank missiles, Anadolu reported.

The Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) claimed on Wednesday that they have destroyed 96 armoured vehicles, including tanks, belonging to Turkey and their Syrian allies and have damaged another 32 in operations in Afrin since January 20. They have also reported shooting down two helicopters and damaging a third.

Turkey launched its Operation Olive Branch against the Kurdish enclave of Afrin in northwestern Syria on January 20 with the stated aim of clearing “terrorists” from its borders. Ankara alleges the Kurdish armed forces, YPG and YPJ, and the ruling PYD are branches of the PKK, a named terror organization. The Kurdish groups deny the charge.

Turkey ‘targets’ communication towers

The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported the “continuous flight of Turkish warplanes over Afrin area” on Wednesday, noting violent clashes in Shera district, northeastern Afrin, and on the outskirts of Jandaris town in the southwest.

According to the SDF, so far in operations they have lost 283 fighters among their own ranks and claimed to have killed 1,588 members of the Turkish armed forces and their allied Syrian militias.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan claimed their forces have “neutralized” 2,960 “terrorists” in operations in Afrin to date. Turkey uses the term “neutralized” to refer to those removed from the battlefield, whether they were killed or injured.

Turkey has targeted communication towers in the past 24 hours, “which resulted in interruption of the communication networks and the internet almost completely,” the UK-based conflict monitor stated on Wednesday.

As Turkey advances from the borders, much of the civilian population, numbering some 323,000 according to UN figures, has been gathering in central Afrin where humanitarian conditions are deteriorating and medical supplies and food are in short supply.

The SDF reported 165 civilian deaths due to Turkish airstrikes and artillery shelling. Another 650 civilians have been injured.

The Observatory has documented 185 civilian deaths, 69 of whom were killed after the UN Security Council unanimously adopted a 30-day humanitarian ceasefire that council members insist also applies to Afrin.

Turkey has denied harming civilians during its military offensive and insists that the ceasefire does not apply to Afrin.

The Kurdish forces have stated their acceptance of the truce, but maintain the right to self-defence.

Turkey wants US to stop SDF redeployment

Asked about Turkey’s intent to take Afrin city, US State Department spokesperson Heather Nauert said the United States has “real concerns about that because of an escalation of violence,” explaining that Washington has been calling for a de-escalation of violence since Turkey began its operation.

“The more that we would see Turkish forces enter into Syria proper, deeper into Syria, the more that it stands to create a potential humanitarian crisis,” she said in a press briefing on Tuesday.

She added that the situation in Afrin “underscores” the importance of a nation-wide ceasefire.

France’s Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian explained on Tuesday that French officials have told Turkey to “put an end” to its offensive in Afrin.

Defence Minister Canikli, who attended a meeting of NATO defence ministers in Brussels last month, rebuffed international opposition to its offensive, telling Anadolu that he “talked to most of my counterparts and there was no criticism for Afrin operation.”

Turkey is upset about a shift in US-backed SDF fighters from the war against ISIS in eastern Syria to join the defence of Afrin.

“The US is expected to step in to stop YPG/PYD forces shifting – under US control – from Manbij to Afrin,” Turkish presidential spokesperson Ibrahim Kalin said on Wednesday.

“This is our most natural right. Whether they do it or not is a separate question but we have taken all the necessary measures on the ground,” he said.

The United States has not immediately responded.

Arab forces who have families among the IDPs sheltering in Afrin announced on Tuesday that they were redeploying some 1,700 troops from Deir ez-Zor to Afrin.

State Department spokesperson Nauert said the United States was concerned by the move. “We would like to see the focus stay on the fight against ISIS,” she said.

 

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https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2018...rol-jandaris-kurdish-ypg-180308174756418.html

Turkey: Military seizes control of Jandaris from Kurdish YPG
State news agency says government forces backed by Syrian rebels now in control of Jandaris in northern Syria.

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Turkish forces and allied Syrian rebels are now in control of Jandaris, a town in the Afrin district of northern Syria, the state-run Anadolu news agency says.

Turkey's military alongside Free Syrian Army allies have seized control of the second most populated town in the district from Kurdish People's Protection Units (YPG) fighters after capturing a hill overlooking the town a day earlier, it said on Thursday.

Jandaris is about 20km away from central Afrin, the last major YPG outpost.

"The entire city of Jandaris was liberated from the secessionist gangs. The fight will continue until the whole of Afrin is cleared of them," an FSA commander who goes by the name of Abu Saleh said.



Turkey-backed FSA advances in Afrin offensive
Speaking in Vienna, Mevlut Cavusoglus, Turkey's foreign minister, said the military operation in Syria against the Syrian Kurdish group should end by May.

Al Jazeera's Allan Fisher, reporting from the Turkish-Syrian border, said fighting could still be under way in Jandaris.

"Despite the bravado, they may not have complete control yet. Sporadic fighting is reported to be continuing in the town," he said.

"The battle for Afrin may not be as quick or straightforward. The Kurds are moving 1,700 fighters across the country away from the battle against ISIL [Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant] on to the front lines of the coming assault."

Turkey has rejected international calls for it to suspend the Afrin assault in line with a UN ceasefire for Syria, which does not apply to ISIL, al-Qaeda and groups associated with it, or others deemed "terrorists" by the UN Security Council.

Turkey considers the YPG an extension of the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), which launched a decades-old fight against Ankara's rule.

YPG has been an important ally to the United States in the fight against ISIL.

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