[Centraal] Crisis in Syrië en Irak #449 RIP YPG :P

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Op zondag 21 januari 2018 17:54 schreef vigen98 het volgende:

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Maar natuurlijk De geturkificeerde Iraniërs likken altijd hun kont.

Geturkificeerde Kaukasiërs. Ze zien er veel te ruw uit voor Iraniërs.

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jenanmoussa twitterde op zondag 21-01-2018 om 13:26:15 Egypt is the only country so far to condemn Turkey's operation in Afrin. Foreign ministry in statement says: "We refuse Afrin military operation and we consider it a new attack on the sovereignty of Syria." @akhbar https://t.co/Bn1kNdvP9l reageer retweet

Was maar een grap...

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Op zondag 21 januari 2018 18:08 schreef IPA35 het volgende:
Was maar een grap...

https://en.trend.az/azerbaijan/politics/2850401.html

Maar kon je vergif op innemen. De andere vilayets - Bosnië, Anaalbanië en "Kosovo" - al van zich laten horen?

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Op zondag 21 januari 2018 17:58 schreef alilami het volgende:

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jenanmoussa twitterde op zondag 21-01-2018 om 13:26:15 Egypt is the only country so far to condemn Turkey's operation in Afrin. Foreign ministry in statement says: "We refuse Afrin military operation and we consider it a new attack on the sovereignty of Syria." @akhbar https://t.co/Bn1kNdvP9l reageer retweet

Tja Sisi en erdo motten elkaar niet, dus weinig schokkend dit.

"Oud", maar relevant.

Raqqa’s dirty secret
The BBC has uncovered details of a secret deal that let hundreds of IS fighters and their families escape from Raqqa, under the gaze of the US and British-led coalition and Kurdish-led forces who control the city.

A convoy included some of IS’s most notorious members and – despite reassurances – dozens of foreign fighters. Some of those have spread out across Syria, even making it as far as Turkey.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/resources/idt-sh/raqqas_dirty_secret

de 4 gebieden van de TFSA inval.

An official with the Turkish government said it believes that ISIS members, including senior leaders, “have been granted safe passage” through SDF territory and described a rise in the number of ISIS members trying to enter the country. “It is unreasonable to expect Turkey to take care of this problem,” he said, adding that “the SDF’s actions in Syria could place European security at risk.”

US officials defended the SDF. “We won’t comment on rumors concerning our partners,” said a spokesperson for the US-led coalition that backs the SDF, in an emailed statement. “Our SDF partners played a major role in the destruction of ISIS' so-called physical ‘caliphate.’”

A State Department official added: “Under the pressure ISIS is facing, it should come as no surprise that some would look to take advantage of the war zone and pay to use smuggling routes and networks to escape. We believe the flow of foreign terrorist fighters to and from the region has declined dramatically over the last year, but we remain very concerned even by a limited number of fighters potentially returning.”

Allegations about SDF-enabled smuggling, he added, “should not be seen as indicative of the integrity of the overall force.”

Nicholas Heras, a fellow at the Center for a New American Security who has advised the US government on the SDF, said the smuggling problem underscores the dilemma the US faces in backing it. “The SDF is an army that was built on the fly, and while it has a [Kurdish] core, its purpose was to be an amalgamated army that would be able to administer areas with different ethnic communities,” he said. “The fact that the US has relied for their counter-ISIS campaign in Syria on a force that was a coalition of militias lends itself to these kinds of lapses in security.”

This raises the question of whether the SDF can be counted on to maintain stability in areas freed from ISIS control — and help to prevent the militants from returning to power. “You can’t have security with amateurs,” Heras said, adding that the smuggling problem likely results from some SDF commanders “turning a blind eye, mainly for their own personal profit. And that speaks to the fact that the SDF isn’t a professional army.”
https://www.buzzfeed.com/(...)emWGDlv9q#.urv4KNEG5

de amerikanen een paar dagen terug, we gaan een krijgsmacht oprichten ter verdediging van de syrische grens met de ypg als kern.

de volgende dag de amerikanen, nee we zijn verkeerd begrepen, we gaan geen krijgsmacht oprichten.

en gisteren is er een ceremonie in kamisli van de tweede opleidingsgroep van door de amerikanen opgeleide krijgsmacht, in het bijzijn van de amerikanen uiteraard



Dispatch: The Syrian Democratic Forces' Border Guards

There has recently been some confusion in media regarding plans for so-called "Border Forces" of the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF). U.S. officials seemed to backtrack on the existence of such an initiative following outcry from Turkey, but on the ground the training and organizing of these border forces are going ahead. In fact, it is openly being advertised to journalists inside the SDF areas. Today at 10 a.m. local time in the vicinity of the Sabah al-Khayr silos in the Hasakah countryside (to the south of Hasakah city), I attended the graduation of the second contingent of the SDF border forces. At the graduation ceremony, personnel of this contingent were waving SDF and Self-Defence Forces banners. Overseeing the ceremony were SDF officers and trainers as well as some U.S. personnel. It should of course be noted that the presence of the Americans is no surprise, as the U.S. is helping to train, arm and equip these fighters.

The ceremony was quite open in referring to the concept of border forces. "This force will be a foundational force to protect the borders of north Syria," proclaimed the announcer at the graduation ceremony.

Erdogan gaat Jeruzalem bevrijden!


Oh nee, Afrin, my bad.

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Op zondag 21 januari 2018 19:39 schreef alilami het volgende:
Erdogan gaat Jeruzalem bevrijden!
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Oh nee, Afrin, my bad.

weg naar jeruzalem gaat door afrin

Oh noes, not the babies

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AylinaKilic twitterde op zondag 21-01-2018 om 17:35:34 #Sweden joins #France calling on UN to meet urgently following #Turkey's #Afrin air strikes. reageer retweet

de rusen met veel plezier twee navo bondgenoten tegen elkaar uitspelen

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BarzanSadiq twitterde op zondag 21-01-2018 om 19:14:24 #BREAKING#US unilateral actions in #Syria, provoked #Turkey to fury in #Afrin - #Russia MFA reageer retweet

biji biji

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Baco_UK twitterde op zondag 21-01-2018 om 20:00:44 SDF claim to have regained control of Adah Manli, Shadia and Surka villages of Raju district and Shinkal village of Bulbul district, as intense clashes continue along some areas of the border reageer retweet

Gaat kennelijk niet zo makkelijk als de Turken in eerste instantie dachten.

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Dalatrm twitterde op zondag 21-01-2018 om 18:08:14 Turkey backed #FSA EuphratesShield commander: 'We're running into a bit of a difficulty. Progress made on outer #Efrin edges, but not as swift as planned or expected'. No explanations given. #Afrin #AfrinOp reageer retweet

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Nawazishkhan93 twitterde op zondag 21-01-2018 om 18:21:54 The UAE Minister of State for Foreign Affairs said the conflict in Afrin highlights the need to rebuild the concept of Arab national security. reageer retweet

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Op zondag 21 januari 2018 20:09 schreef Stabiel het volgende:
Gaat kennelijk niet zo makkelijk als de Turken in eerste instantie dachten.

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Dalatrm twitterde op zondag 21-01-2018 om 18:08:14 Turkey backed #FSA EuphratesShield commander: 'We're running into a bit of a difficulty. Progress made on outer #Efrin edges, but not as swift as planned or expected'. No explanations given. #Afrin #AfrinOp reageer retweet

Lekker voor ze.

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Op zondag 21 januari 2018 20:11 schreef alilami het volgende:

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Nawazishkhan93 twitterde op zondag 21-01-2018 om 18:21:54 The UAE Minister of State for Foreign Affairs said the conflict in Afrin highlights the need to rebuild the concept of Arab national security. reageer retweet

laat de VAE eerst een bakkie doen met de qataris om vervolgens over arabische eenheid te praten

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Op zondag 21 januari 2018 20:09 schreef Stabiel het volgende:
Gaat kennelijk niet zo makkelijk als de Turken in eerste instantie dachten.

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Dalatrm twitterde op zondag 21-01-2018 om 18:08:14 Turkey backed #FSA EuphratesShield commander: 'We're running into a bit of a difficulty. Progress made on outer #Efrin edges, but not as swift as planned or expected'. No explanations given. #Afrin #AfrinOp reageer retweet

deze twitteraar heeft nog gekkere dingen

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Dalatrm twitterde op zondag 21-01-2018 om 11:50:00 The Telegram channel of #SDF Jaysh Al-Thuwar based in #Efrin and #TalRifaat suddenly switched allegiance calling #YPG 'terrorists' and saying it 'liberated' a village near #Rajo. (inside job?)#Afrin #AfrinOp https://t.co/AdrgSpxQ2v reageer retweet