Turkse invasie in Syrie begonnen #9

EXCLUSIVE: TURKEY BOMBS US SPECIAL FORCES IN SYRIA ATTACK, APPARENTLY BY MISTAKE

contingent of U.S. Special Forces has been caught up in Turkish shelling against U.S.-backed Kurdish positions in northern Syria, days after President Donald Trump told his Turkish counterpart he would withdraw U.S. troops from certain positions in the area.

Newsweek has learned through both an Iraqi Kurdish intelligence official and senior Pentagon official that Special Forces operating on Mashtenour hill in the majority-Kurdish city of Kobani fell under artillery fire from Turkish forces conducting their so-called "Operation Peace Spring" against Kurdish fighters backed by the U.S. but considered terrorist organizations by Turkey.

The senior Pentagon official said that Turkish forces should be aware of U.S. positions "down to the grid." The official could not specify the exact number of personnel present, but indicated they were "small numbers below company level," so somewhere between 15 and 100 troops.

The official said shelling was so heavy that the U.S. personnel were exfiltrated once the attack had ceased. Newsweek has reached out to the Pentagon for comment on the situation.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan had long warned he would storm the border to establish a so-called "safe zone" and, after the White House announced Sunday that U.S. troops would stand aside, he launched the operation earlier this week.

In its Sunday statement, the White House had said that U.S. troops "will no longer be in the immediate area" as Turkey and allied Syrian rebels commenced their assault. During Friday's press conference, Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Army General Mark Milley said that U.S. personnel were "still co-located" save for "two small outposts" near the border with Turkey. Defense Secretary Mark Esper said 50 Special Forces personnel had been repositioned ahead of the Turkish and allied Syrian rebel assault.

The U.S. first partnered with the largely Kurdish Syrian Democratic Forces in 2015 to battle the Islamic State militant group (ISIS) as the country shifted its support away from an increasingly Islamist opposition seeking the overthrow of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. The group proved effective in beating back the jihadis, but the U.S.' decision was opposed by Turkey, a NATO member that has faced off with a decades-long insurgency by Kurdish separatists.

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Turkey remains the last major sponsor of the Syrian opposition, made up largely of members of the country's Syrian Arab majority, and has mobilized up to a thousand fighters from these forces, along with hundreds of its own troops, in order to seize territory currently administered by a majority-Kurdish autonomous administration that spans the country's north and east. This self-governing entity has not been recognized by Ankara nor the central government in Damascus, which has secured much of the rest of the country's territory with the help of Russia, Iran and allied militias.

https://www.newsweek.com/us-troops-syria-turkey-1464727

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Op vrijdag 11 oktober 2019 21:53 schreef Pleun2011 het volgende:

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Nee joh..wat boeit Trump het nou

Hoezo moet Amerika alles zelf doen? Waarom stuurt Nederland geen commando troepen naar de frontlinie?

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https://www.yenisafak.com(...)mid-syria-op-3502737

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Op vrijdag 11 oktober 2019 22:12 schreef LelijKnap het volgende:

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EXCLUSIVE: TURKEY BOMBS US SPECIAL FORCES IN SYRIA ATTACK, APPARENTLY BY MISTAKE

EH?

Turkije gaf net aan dat SDF militanten vanuit dichtbij dat basis beschietingen uitvoeren met de hoop dat Turkije dat basis plat bombardeert. Echter dat heeft Turkije niet gedaan. Er is wel dichtbij dat basis gebombardeerd om bepaalde SDF elementen uit te schakelen.

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Op vrijdag 11 oktober 2019 22:14 schreef Oostblokkert het volgende:

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Tijd voor een staatsgreep 2.0

Niet meer mogelijk. Erdogan heeft samen met deep-state Perincek alle pro-NAVO pro-Amerika elementen verwijderd uit het staatsapparaat na die ene self-coup @2016

Volgens Turkije al rond de 400 doden aan de kant van de SDF.

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tcsavunma twitterde op vrijdag 11-10-2019 om 22:13:37 Fırat’ın doğusunda başarıyla devam eden Barış Pınarı Harekâtı kapsamında etkisiz hale getirilen toplam PKK/PYD-YPG’li terörist sayısı 399 oldu. #MSB #TSK #BarışPınarıHarekatı🇹🇷 reageer retweet

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Op vrijdag 11 oktober 2019 22:21 schreef Oostblokkert het volgende:

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Dan maar een democratische staatsgreep.

Volk steunt militaire inval in Syrië incl de oppositie.

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Op vrijdag 11 oktober 2019 22:23 schreef Oostblokkert het volgende:

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Maw Turkije is een kutland.

En wat ga je eraan doen? Alleen beetje laf praten en economische sancties? Bereik je niets mee. Bullshit walks , military talks

Zolang men geen soldaten stuurt naar Syrië zal Turkije kei hard doorgaan. En ookal zou Nederland soldaten sturen , ze zouden in grafkisten terug gestuurd worden(niet dat ik dat zou willen , ik vertel alleen dat dat zou gebeuren.) . Turkije wilt een einde brengen aan de westerse kolonialisme in islamitische landen.