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UK ‘deeply concerned’ by Turkish military plans for Syrian Kurdistan

Posted on October 8, 2019 by Editorial Staff in Kurdistan, Politics
UK deeply concerned by Turkish military plans for Syrian Kurdistan

UK Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab, London, Britain, June 10, 2019. Photo: Reuters

LONDON,— Britain on Tuesday said it was “deeply concerned” by Turkey’s plans to target Kurdish militants in Syrian Kurdistan (Rojava) in northern Syria, telling Ankara it would not support the move.

Turkey has threatened an offensive in Syrian Kurdistan against Kurdish militias and US forces on Monday pulled back from Turkish border areas, opening the way for an invasion President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has said could come at any moment.

The United States pulled back 50 to 100 “special operators” from Syria’s northern frontier on Monday, where they had served as a buffer preventing a long-planned assault by the Turkish military against Kurdish forces.

 

Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s spokesman said the troop withdrawal was a matter for Washington.

But he said London had been “consistently clear with Turkey that unilateral military action must be avoided as it would destabilise the region” and threaten efforts to defeat the so-called Islamic State jihadist group.

There is significant anger in Britain’s House of Commons over the US troop decision, and Foreign Office Middle East minister Andrew Murrison was asked to explain London’s response.

He told MPs that he did not know why US President Donald Trump said at the White House on Monday that Britain was “very thrilled” at the move.

“We have no idea where that came from,” he said, adding it “certainly wasn’t based” on a phone call between Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab and his US counterpart Mike Pompeo on Monday.

U.S. President Donald Trump said Tuesday that the U.S. has not “abandoned” its Kurdish allies inside Syria, continuing to give a mixed message to Turkey.

“We may be in the process of leaving Syria, but in no way have we Abandoned the Kurds, who are special people and wonderful fighters,” Trump tweeted.

The United States views the Kurdish YPG as a close ally in the fight against the Islamic State group.

The Kurdish PYD and its powerful military wing YPG/YPJ, considered the most effective fighting force against IS in Syria and U.S. has provided them with arms. The YPG, which is the backbone of the SDF forces, has seized swathes of Syria from Islamic State.

The Kurdish forces expelled the Islamic State from its last patch of territory in the eastern Syrian village of Baghouz in March 2019. But in December 2018 U.S. President Donald Trump abruptly announced the pullout from Syria.

11,000 Kurdish fighters had been killed in five years of war to eliminate a “caliphate” that once covered an area the size of Great Britain in Syria and Iraq, Kurdish officials said.

Syria’s Kurds have established a semi-autonomous region in northeastern Syria during the country’s eight-year war.

In 2013, the Syrian Kurdish Democratic Union Party PYD — the political branch of the Kurdish People’s Protection Units (YPG) — has established three autonomous Cantons of Jazeera, Kobani and Afrin and a Kurdish government across Syrian Kurdistan in 2013. On March 17, 2016, Kurdish and Arab authorities announced the creation of a “federal region” made up of those semi-autonomous regions in Syrian Kurdistan.

https://ekurd.net/uk-deeply-concerned-turkish-2019-10-08

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Syrian government says would welcome Kurds back into fold after Washington left them

Posted on October 8, 2019 by Editorial Staff in Kurdistan, Politics
Syrian government says would welcome Kurds back into fold

Syrian deputy foreign minister Faisal Mekdad, Damascus, Syria, March 10, 2018. Photo: Reuters

BEIRUT,— Damascus is ready to welcome Syria’s Kurds back into the fold after Washington left them to face Turkish military threats alone, a senior official said in comments published Tuesday.

Ankara has threatened an offensive in Syrian Kurdistan (Rojava) against Kurdish militias and US forces on Monday pulled back from Turkish border areas, opening the way for an invasion President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has said could come at any moment.

“We will defend all Syrian territory, and we will not accept any occupation of Syrian land,” Deputy Foreign Minister Faisal Mekdad told the pro-government Al-Watan newspaper.

 

The official said Kurdish groups have been “tossed aside” by Washington, after US President Donald Trump on Monday gave Turkey a green light to press ahead with its planned military operation.

“The nation welcomes all its children and Damascus will solve all problems in Syria in a positive manner, away from violence,” Mekdad said, encouraging Syria’s Kurds to reconcile with the regime.

In the early part of the eight-year-old civil war in Syria, the Kurds have established a semi-autonomous region in northeastern Syria.

In 2013, the Syrian Kurdish Democratic Union Party PYD — the political branch of the Kurdish People’s Protection Units (YPG) — has established three autonomous Cantons of Jazeera, Kobani and Afrin and a Kurdish government across Syrian Kurdistan in 2013. On March 17, 2016, Kurdish and Arab authorities announced the creation of a “federal region” made up of those semi-autonomous regions in Syrian Kurdistan.

When the Islamic State group swept across the region in 2014, they mounted a fierce defence of their heartland and became the US-led coalition’s main military partner on the ground.

Damascus rejects Kurdish self-rule and wants central government institutions restored in Kurd-held areas.

The Kurds want protection from the long-threatened Turkish offensive.

Ankara views Kurdish militias in Syria as a “terrorist” offshoot of the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK), which has fought a bloody insurgency inside Turkey for the past 35 years.

Turkey has already launched two military incursions into northern Syria in the past years and has stationed troops into the rebel-held Idlib region.

In 2016, the Turkish troops entered northern Syria in an area some 100 km east of Afrin to stop the Kurdish YPG forces from extending areas under their control and connecting Syrian Kurdistan’s Kobani and Hasaka in the east with Afrin canton in the west.

In January 2018, Turkish military forces backed pro-Ankara Syrian mercenary fighters to clear the YPG from its northwestern enclave of Afrin. In March 2018, the operation was completed with the capture of the Kurdish city of Afrin.

The flags of Turkey and Syrian rebel groups were raised in the Kurdish Afrin city and a statue of Kurdish hero Kawa, a symbol of resistance against oppressors, was torn down.

Residents of the Kurdish city and Human right groups accuse Turkey and pro-Ankara mercenary fighters of ethnic cleansing, kidnappings for ransom, armed robberies and torture.

Turkey fears the creation of a Kurdish autonomous region or Kurdish state in Syrian Kurdistan could encourage separatism amongst its own Kurds, according to analysts.

The United States views the YPG as a close ally in the fight against the Islamic State (IS) group.

The Kurdish PYD and its powerful military wing YPG/YPJ, considered the most effective fighting force against IS in Syria and U.S. has provided them with arms. The YPG, which is the backbone of the SDF forces, has seized swathes of Syria from Islamic State.

The Kurdish forces expelled the Islamic State from its last patch of territory in the eastern Syrian village of Baghouz in March 2019. But in December 2018 U.S. President Donald Trump abruptly announced the pullout from Syria.

https://ekurd.net/syrian-government-says-kurds-2019-10-08

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Islamic State threat to spread if Turkey invades Syrian Kurdistan

Posted on October 8, 2019 by Editorial Staff in Islamic State, Kurdistan, Politics
Islamic State threat to spread if Turkey invades Syrian Kurdistan

A Syrian boy watches as Turkish military vehicles take part in joint patrol in the Syrian village of Al Hashisha on the outskirts of the Kurdish Gire Spi (Tel Abyad) town in Syrian Kurdistan (Rojava) along the border with Turkey, on October 4, 2019. Photo: AFP

BEIRUT,— A feared Turkish invasion of Syrian Kurdistan (Rojava) in northeast Syria could spark a resurgence of the Islamic State group, analysts and Kurdish forces have warned, despite Ankara’s pledge to prevent the jihadists’ return.

Ankara has threatened an offensive in Syria against Kurdish militias and US forces on Monday pulled back from Turkish border areas, opening the way for an invasion President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has said could come at any moment.

An open assault would reverse years of successful Kurdish-led operations to defeat IS and allow some of its surviving leaders to come out of hiding, said the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), the Kurdish militia that controls much of northeastern Syria.

 

With little other leverage left in the regional game, Sam Heller of the International Crisis Group think tank, told AFP the SDF has an “interest” in warning of an IS threat if open conflict breaks out with rival Turkey.

“But the fact is that ISIS is still a threat, one that seems likely to metastasise if the SDF is forced to divert attention and resources… to a defensive battle against Turkey,” he said, using another acronym for IS.

While a Kurdish-led operation earlier this year saw the death of IS’s territorial caliphate, the organisation isn’t dead and sleeper cells have been active in SDF-held areas and in Syria’s vast desert where they continue to hit regime forces with deadly attacks and ambushes.

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Syrian Kurds capture thousands of Islamic State ISIS militants in eastern Syria, March 2019. Photo: AP

Charles Lister, director of the US-based Middle East Institute, said US President Donald Trump was “granting IS the gift of rebirth”.

The US military itself has warned that, short of sustained international pressure, IS would soon have the ability to regroup.

“The battle against IS is not over,” Abdulkarim Omar, the top Kurdish foreign affairs official, told AFP Monday.

“There are hundreds of sleeper cells in recently liberated areas,” he said.

Camps and detention centres

The SDF, with backing from the US-led coalition, has scored major victories against IS near the Turkish border in the Kurdish Kobani and in the jihadists’ former Syria capital of Raqqa.

This year, they declared the territorial defeat of the group after seizing Baghouz, the final IS bastion in eastern Syria.

The Kurdish forces expelled the Islamic State from its last patch of territory in the eastern Syrian village of Baghouz in March 2019.

The SDF is now concerned that jihadists could replenish their ranks by freeing thousands of fighters and their families who are being held in detention centres and informal settlements in Syria’s northeast.

The Kurds consistently warned that they would be unable to guard IS fighters if their forces were busy fighting off a Turkish offensive.

On Monday, Omar said that detention centres are not heavily fortified.

“They are only buildings… in the event of any security vacuum, these criminals could have an opportunity to break free,” he said.

The official also said he was concerned about displacement camps, namely Al-Hol, the largest of the settlements, which he described as a “time bomb”.

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Alleged IS militants talking with Turkish soldiers on the Syrian border, near Kobani, 2014. Photo: DIHA

Security incidents have been on the rise in the crowded camp, which houses more than 3,000 IS families among its more than 70,000 residents, according to the Kurdish administration in northeast Syria.

The thousands of foreign IS brides held in Al-Hol, are “as dangerous as the thousands of IS fighters being held in SDF detention centres”, it said this week, noting daily stabbings, killings and attempts to break free.

IS chief Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi has urged followers to free detained jihadists and family members held at camps in Iraq and Syria, vowing “revenge” in an audio recording released on September 16.

SDF spokesman Mustefa Bali last month said IS militants “have stepped up their regrouping efforts through women in the camp recently”.

Turkish assurances

The Institute for the Study of War last week said IS is bribing prison guards and raising funds to smuggle women out of camps, including Al-Hol.

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ISIS militants (Rear) stand next to an ISIS flag atop a hill in the Syrian Kurdish town of Kobani , as seen from the Turkish-Syrian border, as Turkish troops stand in the foreground, 2014. Photo: AFP

“ISIS is likely preparing more coordinated and sophisticated operations to free its detained members,” it said in a report citing incidents in which prisoners and IS brides managed to break free.

Turkey, however, assured Monday that it “would not allow IS to return in any shape and form”.

But analysts argue that Ankara could unintentionally help boost jihadists.

“Turkey will not intentionally target camps and prisons but it could inadvertently strike them in the process of intervention,” Syria expert Samuel Ramani told AFP.

Heller also said a direct Turkish attack on camps and prisons was unlikely.

“What seems more likely is that these facilities, which are already vulnerable to riots and attempted jailbreaks, will be left vulnerable as the SDF redeploys the forces securing them to fight Turkey,” he said.

“If ISIS cadres escape in the ensuing chaos, they could catalyse ISIS operations locally. Or, if they flee the Syrian battlefield, they could augment militant groups internationally.”

The Kurdish PYD and its powerful military wing YPG/YPJ, considered the most effective fighting force against IS in Syria and U.S. has provided them with arms. The YPG, which is the backbone of the SDF forces, has seized swathes of Syria from Islamic State.

Syria’s Kurds have established a semi-autonomous region in northeastern Syria during the country’s eight-year war.

In 2013, the Syrian Kurdish Democratic Union Party PYD — the political branch of the Kurdish People’s Protection Units (YPG) — has established three autonomous Cantons of Jazeera, Kobani and Afrin and a Kurdish government across Syrian Kurdistan in 2013. On March 17, 2016, Kurdish and Arab authorities announced the creation of a “federal region” made up of those semi-autonomous regions in Syrian Kurdistan.

https://ekurd.net/islamic-state-threat-turkey-2019-10-08

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Turkey Joins Russia's Ruble-Based Alternative To SWIFT

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Wed, 10/09/2019 - 04:15

After repeated warnings over the past couple of years, Turkey and Russia have signed a pact to increase use of the ruble and lira in cross-border payments, with Turkey signing on to Russia's alternative to SWIFT, the international telecommunications protocol used by banks and central banks the world over.

Though SWIFT is an international cooperative owned by its members, with more than 10,000 banks worldwide relying on its system for handling sizable inter-bank transactions, the safety of the network was brought into question after a series of cyberattacks in 2015 and 2016 resulted in the theft of $101 million from the Central Bank of Bangladesh.

For the first time since SWIFT's laucnh, the hacks stoked doubts about the system's safety, and prompted many US rivals, including Russia, to ramp up work on their alternatives to SWIFT.

 

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In addition to Turkey, China and Russia have signed agreements to bolster trade between the two countries, including settling a larger percentage of their bilateral trade in rubles and renminbi. For China, bilateral trade with Russia grew from $69.6 billion in 2016 to $107.1 billion last year. China is Russia's biggest partner for imports and exports.

There has also been talk about India joining Russia's SWIFT alternative as Washington continues to threaten New Delhi with sanctions over its decision to purchase Russian-made missile-defense systems.

According to ReutersRussian Finance Minister Anton Siluanov signed the agreement with Ankara on Tuesday. The agreement, signed on Oct. 4, will encourage the two countries to start using Russia's system in mutual settlements.

The agreement envisions Turkish banks and companies becoming connected to the Russian version of the SWIFT payment system, while enhancing the infrastructure in Turkey to allow Russian MIR cards, designed by Moscow as alternative to MasterCard and VISA, to work. 

Though President Trump on Tuesday reiterated his love and respect for Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, it's worth remembering President Putin's warning about the potential ramifications of American sanctions, which risk undermining the dollar's dominance of the global financial system by driving more countries to use alternatives to SWIFT.

For example, President Trump's sanctions against Iran prompted Washington's European Union allies to try and launch their own SWIFT alternative to make payments to Iran.

As Putin warned, American sanctions against Russia are a "colossal strategic mistake" and eventually risk undermining the dollar-based hegemony of the global financial system.

https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/turkey-joins-russias-ruble-based-alternative-swift

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2019/10/09 10:47
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Barzani to Trump: Kurdish blood is more valuable than money and weapons

BAGHDAD / Obelisk: President of the Kurdistan Democratic Party Massoud Barzani, on Wednesday, that the "blood" of the Kurds more valuable than money and weapons, in response to US President Donald Trump.

"Dear President Trump, the people of Kurdistan have always followed their just rights," Barzani wrote on social media Twitter.
 
"We have defeated ISIS peshmerga and are an effective part of the coalition against terrorism," he said, adding that "the blood of the Kurds is more valuable than money and weapons."

The US president announced that his country has not abandoned the Kurds despite the withdrawal from northeast Syria, threatening that any unjustified military operation against them by Turkey will lead to the destruction of its economy.

"We can start the process of withdrawing from Syria, but we have not abandoned the Kurds in any way, who represent a special people and excellent fighters," Trump said in two tweets published on Tuesday.

“Similarly, our relations with Turkey, our NATO and trade partner, have been very good,” Trump said. They have been moved from the region, but any unwarranted and unnecessary combat operations by Turkey will have devastating consequences for its very fragile national economy and currency. We support the Kurds financially and through weapons! 

 

Agencies

http://almasalah.com/ar/news/179792/بارزاني-لترامب-دماء-الكرد-أكثر-قيمة-من-المال-والاسلحة

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2019/10/12 12:32
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Khazali: a major threat to Iraqi national security because of the Turkish operation on the Iraqi-Syrian border

 

BAGHDAD / Obelisk: The Secretary-General of the "Asaib Ahl al-Haq" movement, Qais Khazali, Saturday, of "a major threat" to the Iraqi national security because of what is happening on the Iraqi-Syrian border as a result of the operations of the Turkish army.

Khazali said, "What is happening on the Iraqi border with Syria as a result of the operations of the Turkish army, which officially involved armed groups is a major and direct threat to Iraqi national security."

Al-Khazali said in a tweet "Twitter" that "the state and the relevant agencies to follow what is happening and take the required steps as soon as possible."

The Obelisk

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2019/10/12 12:55
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Demonstrations take place in Erbil to condemn the Turkish attack on the Kurdish areas in Syria

Thousands of people demonstrated in Erbil on October 12, 2019, in front of the United Nations headquarters, condemning the Turkish attack on the Kurdish areas in Syria.

The demonstrators chanted slogans rejecting the Turkish operation announced by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, calling for stopping it as soon as possible.

As a result of the military escalation, in the north-eastern areas of Syria, the entire border towns are almost empty, and dozens of displaced people were seen upon their arrival in the town of Tall Tamr, which is gradually overflowing with fleeing. “Although most of them have been accommodated in host communities, increasing numbers are still arriving in collective shelters and schools” in the city of al-Hasakah.

Several countries, led by Britain, France, the Netherlands, Italy, Belgium, Norway and others, as well as a number of Arab countries, led by Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Egypt, Iraq and Jordan, condemned the Turkish attack on Syria and confirmed that it would adversely affect the war against ISIS, Relief organizations have warned of a new humanitarian disaster as a result of the attack.

The Turkish military operation, supported by pro-Ankara armed Syrian factions, began on Wednesday targeting various parts of northeastern Syria, especially the cities of Sri Kanniye and Cree Spey, and killed and injured dozens of civilians, including children and women, as well as the displacement of thousands of civilians. Towards other cities and regions there in Syria, the Turkish attack sparked international resentment and condemnation in light of the fear of several countries the return of ISIS, and a new humanitarian crisis.

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2019/10/12 10:23
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United States: Turkey will face devastating sanctions for its attacks in Syria

The United States stepped up efforts on Friday to persuade Turkey to halt its offensive in northern Syria against US-backed Kurdish forces, saying Ankara was severely damaging to relations and could face devastating sanctions.

US President Donald Trump's decision to withdraw troops from the Syrian border with Turkey has been widely criticized in Washington and described as an implicit “green light” for a Turkish incursion that experts say could cause a humanitarian disaster.

But the Pentagon rejected its accusation of abandoning its Syrian Kurdish allies, its strongest partners in the fight against ISIS.

"No one has given the green light to this Turkish operation, just the opposite," US Defense Secretary Mark Esper told a news conference. We pressed hard at all levels so that the Turks would not start this process, ”he accused Turkey of destroying relations.

Esber and General Mark Milli, chairman of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff, said they had spoken to their Turkish counterparts repeatedly in recent days to demand an end to the attack.

They pointed out that there was no indication that Turkey would do so.

"I don't see any sign or notifications of any planned stop of their military activity," Millie said.

Following Milli's remarks, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said that the attack on Kurdish militants "will not stop, no matter what the statements made by him from any party."

Since the offensive began, it has opened a new front in the Syrian civil war that has raged for more than eight years and has drawn international criticism.

The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said the death toll since the start of the Turkish military operation exceeded 100. The UN said 100,000 had fled their homes.

Trump himself has come under heavy criticism, including from top Republican supporters such as Senator Lindsey Graham, for withdrawing US troops whose presence may have prevented Erdogan from launching the attack.

Graham accused Turkey on Friday of serious crimes in Syria and said Trump was doing little.

"We are witnessing ethnic cleansing by Turkey in Syria, the destruction of the Kurds, a reliable ally and the return of ISIS," Graham said in a statement.

"The conditional sanctions announced today will be seen by Turkey as a lukewarm response and will further encourage Erdogan." He said Congress would pass tough sanctions with support from Republicans and Democrats.

A senior State Department official said Thursday that Trump had asked the State Department to know "whether there are common areas between the two sides and if there is a way to a ceasefire."

Obelisk Follow-up - Agencies 

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Nearly 200,000 people displaced by Turkey’s Syria offensive

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Iran offered on Saturday to engage Syrian Kurds, Syria’s government and Turkey in talks to establish security along the Turkish-Syrian border. (File/AFP)

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The Turkish invasion had caused successive waves of displacement

Iran offered to mediate between parties engaged in the conflict

DUBAI: Nearly 200,000 residents have been displaced by Turkish military operations in northeastern Syria, the Syrian Kurdish-led administration said on Saturday.

The offensive had caused successive waves of displacement from Dayrik, also known as Al-Malikiya at the Iraqi border, to Kobani some 400 kilometers to the west, a statement from the regional administration said.

The United Nations on Friday estimated some 100,000 people had left their homes in northern Syria since the offensive began on Wednesday. Iran meanwhile offered on Saturday to engage Syrian Kurds, Syria’s government and Turkey in talks to establish security along the Turkish-Syrian border following Turkey’s military incursion into northern Syria to fight Kurdish forces.

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In making the mediation offer, Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif referred to a 21-year-old security accord that required Damascus to stop harboring Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) militants waged an insurgency against the Turkish state. Turkey has said that pact was never implemented.
“The Adana Agreement between Turkey and Syria - still valid - can be the better path to achiev(ing) security,” Zarif said.

“Iran can help bring together the Syrian Kurds, the Syrian Govt and Turkey so that the Syrian Army together with Turkey can guard the border,” he said in a tweet which carried part of an interview he conducted with Turkish state broadcaster TRT.

The United States has ramped up its efforts to persuade Ankara to halt the incursion, saying Ankara was causing “great harm” to ties and could face sanctions.

https://www.arabnews.com/node/1567871/middle-east

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Arab foreign ministers in urgent talks on Turkish military operations in Syria

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Above, Arab foreign ministers meet during a regular session at the Arab League headquarters in Cairo on September 10, 2019. (AFP file photo)

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Egypt called emergency meeting to discuss what it called Turkey’s ‘blatant aggression’ against Syria’s sovereignty

 

 

AKCAKALE, Turkey: Arab foreign ministers are meeting to discuss Turkey’s invasion of northern Syria, as the Arab League holds an emergency session at its headquarters in Cairo.
Saturday’s meetings in Egypt’s capital came as the Turkish offensive against Syrian Kurdish fighters enters its fourth day.
Egypt called the emergency meeting to discuss what it called Turkey’s “blatant aggression” against Syria’s sovereignty.

Egyptian foreign minister Sameh Hassan Shoukry said the Turkish attack in Syria was a blatant aggression, a violation of Syrian sovereignty and undermined any political solution to the issue.
Turkey says it aims to push back Syrian Kurdish forces, which it considers terrorists for its links to a decades-long Kurdish insurgency within its own borders.

 


But the military action and violence in northern Syria has raised concerns about a possible resurgence of Daesh activity.
Syria’s membership in the 22-member Arab League was suspended in 2011 after the Syrian government’s military crackdown on protesters calling for reforms.
Turkey’s official news agency earlier said that Turkey-backed Syrian opposition forces have reached a strategic highway in northeastern Syria as Turkey’s offensive against Syrian Kurdish fighters enters its fourth day.
Anadolu news agency said Saturday the forces have arrived at the M-4 highway that connects the Syrian towns of Manbij and Qamishli. The road is about 30 kilometers south of the Turkish border.

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"Spring of peace" hit the economy of Turkey and the lira continues to decline

 

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As the Turkish and international media are busy following the latest developments of the military operation launched by the Turkish armed forces in northern Syria, the Central Bank of Turkey has sold $ 1.2 billion.

Turkey's central bank sold $ 1.2 billion of cash reserves in an attempt to control the exchange rate, fearing the volatility that could follow Turkey's military operation in northern Syria amid sharp criticism from the international community.

With the recent sale, Turkey's total cash reserves fell from $ 34.54 billion to $ 33.3 billion.

Despite the intervention of the central bank, the dollar continued to rise against the lira to fluctuate between 5.90 and 5.85 lira, after it was at 5.69 TL last weekend.

The Central Bank of Turkey has explained that the monetary reserve fell in May to the level of $ 21 billion, and then announced the rise again to reach 34.7 billion dollars.

https://www.shafaaq.com/ar/اقتصـاد/نبع-السلام-تضرب-اقتصاد-تركيا-والليرة-تواصل-الهبوط/

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State of Law calls for intensified military efforts on the Iraqi-Syrian border

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Baghdad / ... State of Law coalition MP Mansour al-Baiji, on Saturday, asked the Prime Minister to direct the Ministry of Defense and the Popular Mobilization sectors to intensify efforts on the Iraqi-Syrian border from the infiltration of terrorists into Iraqi territory after the Turkish attack on Syrian territory.

"Turkey's attack on Syrian territory is a blatant intervention and a new occupation by Turkey on Syrian soil under the pretext of fighting terrorists in Syrian areas without the consent of the Syrian government," he said in a statement received by Eye of Iraq News.

"The Iraqi border with neighboring countries must be governed by an iron fist to prevent any terrorist infiltration into our territory," he said.

"We must give full support to the protection of the border and provide all necessary thermal cameras, military units and specialized wheels in these areas to ensure the protection of the border from any external infiltration or aggression to protect our territory and our people and the internal security of our country," he said.

It is noteworthy that the Turkish Ministry of Defense announced on (9/10/2019) the Turkish armed forces and the forces of the "Syrian National Army" of the Syrian opposition, began a ground offensive in northern Syria east of the Euphrates River, within the framework of the

"spring of peace."

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Turkish 'Operation Peace Spring' In Northeastern Syria, Explained

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Sat, 10/12/2019 - 07:00

Via Southfront.org,

Turkey officially announced that it had launched a military operation in northeastern Syria. Over the past years, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and other representatives of the country’s leadership have repeatedly announced this idea. However, this time promises were turned into reality.

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On October 6, the administration of US President Donald Trump released a statement saying that Turkey will soon carry out its “long-planned operation” into northern Syria. According to the statement, US forces will not “support or be involved in the operation” and “will no longer be in the immediate area”. The announcement came following a phone conversation between the US and Turkish presidents.

 
 

On October 7, US forces started withdrawing from their positons along a large chunk of the Syrian-Turkish border. US military garrisons in Tel Abyad, Tel Musa, Tel Hinzir and Tel Arqam were abandoned. US patrols in the border area were halted. The Pentagon provided no details regarding the number of troops withdrawn from the border. US mainstream media outlets mention the numbers from 50 to 100.

This US decision caused a kind of panic among leaders and members of the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF). They simultaneously called the US decision a backstab, asked the US-led coalition to establish a no-fly zone ‘like in Iraq’ and declared their readiness to resume negotiations with Russia and the Assad government, which they just a few weeks ago were calling a ‘bloody regime’.

Kurdish armed groups, mainly the People’s Protection Units (YPG) and the Women’s Protection Units (YPJ), are the core of the SDF. The Kurdish Democratic Union Party (PYD) dominates in the self-proclaimed administration of northeastern Syria. Ankara names the YPG, the YPJ and the PYD terrorist groups because of their links to the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK). This separatist group is engaged in a long-standing guerrilla war against the Turkish state in an attempt to establish an independent Kurdish state on territory of southeastern Turkey. The PYD and its military wings pursue similar goals in northeastern Syria.

Ankara has reasonable concerns that funds, weapons, equipment and training provided by the US to Kurdish armed groups in northern Syria will later be used by the PKK in its fight against the Turkish government. The US-Turkish ‘safe zone’ agreement on northern Syria was designed to remove these concerns. Turkey insisted that Kurdish armed groups should be removed from the border and disarmed, or, at least, the US should stop supplying them with weapons and equipment. However, this did not happen. The peak of the US-Turkish coordination over this question was several joint patrols along the border.

By evening of October 9, Turkey had put its proxy forces on a high alert and the Turkish Air Force had bombed SDF positions near Tell Abyad, Ras al-Ayn, Kobane and al-Qamishli. The Operation Peace Spring started.

President Erdogan says that its goals are to neutralize “terror threats” along the border, establish a real safe zone and facilitate return of Syrian refugees to their homes. Besides the anti-terror declarations, one of the main points of the Turkish public rhetoric is the oppression of Arab locals by Kurdish militias.

If the Operation Peace Spring develops like Turkish operations in al-Bab and Afrin, Ankara will use its proxy groups as a first line of the ground advance and a shield for Turkish personnel deployed on the ground. Artillery, warplanes and special forces of the Turkish military will be the main striking power. Pro-Turkish sources say that about 15,000-20,000 members of pro-Turkish groups have already been mobilized. If this is true, the total number of personnel, including Turkish servicemembers, involved in the operation may reach 30,000.

At the first phase of the advance, Turkey will likely to get control of the area of the non-implemented US-Turkish safe zone. Some Turkish sources speculate that in the event of success the Turkish Army may push even towards Deir Ezzor. However, this remains unlikely in the current military and diplomatic situation in the region.

https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/turkish-operation-peace-spring-northeastern-syria-explained

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Iraq closes its border with Syria to avoid the entry of ISIS due to Turkish military operations

Baghdad / Obelisk: Joint Operations Command announced on Sunday, October 13, 2019, the closure of the Iraqi-Syrian border after the incursion of Turkish forces into Syrian territory.

The spokesman for the joint operations Major General Tahsin al-Khafaji, said that the tension in the security situation in Syria and the incursion of Turkish forces inside its territory will negatively affect the security of the country, pointing out that the Iraqi government last Saturday sent large military reinforcements, including the Iraqi army and border guards, as well as the participation of the Popular Mobilization and tribal To counter any anticipated infiltration of ISIS terrorist elements held by the SDF.

He added that the Iraqi government began to close the border with Syria to avoid the entry of ISIS terrorist gangs with families displaced by the military operations, noting that the Iraqi-Syrian border is fully controlled and has not yet seen any security breaches.

The official sources have revealed on Sunday, the presence of more than 3500 Iraqi terrorists held by the Syrian Democratic Forces "SDF" near the Turkish border.

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Trump Says Working With Congress on Imposing 'Powerful' Sanctions on Turkey

 

U.S. President Donald Trump, left, talks to Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, right, as they tour the new NATO headquarters in Brussels, Belgium, Wednesday, July 11, 2018. NATO countries' heads of states and governments gather in Brussels for a two-day meeting.

 

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On 11 October, Trump authorised new sanctions against Turkey for invading northern Syria just days after critics blasted the president for moving US troops from the area. A number of US lawmakers have accused Trump of caving to Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and betraying Washington’s Kurdish allies.

US President Donald Trump said on Twitter that he is considering imposing "powerful sanctions on Turkey".

US Secretary of the Treasury Stephen Mnuchin also said the department is prepared to “impose” sanctions immediately if necessary.

The statement comes amid the US preparing to withdraw an approximate 1,000 troops from the northern part of Syria, where a Turkish military operation against Kurdish militants and terrorists is underway, in order for American troops to not end up trapped between opposing forces, since Turkey appears to be extending the initial geography of its offensive, while the Kurds are seeking support from Russia and Syria.

On 9 October, Erdogan announced the start of a military offensive in northern Syria against the Daesh* terrorist group and the US-backed Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces, which Ankara designates as terrorists. The air component of the operation began the same day in the town of Ras al-Ain in Al Hasakah province, while the land operation was launched shortly after.

The Turkish operation in northern Syria is part of Ankara's longstanding goal to clear its border area of both Kurdish militants and Daesh terrorists, as well as to create a so-called safe zone along the cleared line. The military offensive has already resulted in civilian deaths on both sides of the border. Damascus views the operation as a violation of Syria's territorial integrity. The offensive has also been condemned by some Western countries.

https://sputniknews.com/world/201910131077039468-trump-says-working-with-congress-to-impose-powerful-sanctions-on-turkey/

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Wow ,it occured to me that I may have offended our active military and our veterans . We wouldn't be here without you . A better way to say this would be hand to hand combat may be antiquated due to the  sophistication of new weapons . Person to person combat will be more sophisticared and surgically applied

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28 minutes ago, dinarham said:

Wow ,it occured to me that I may have offended our active military and our veterans . We wouldn't be here without you . A better way to say this would be hand to hand combat may be antiquated due to the  sophistication of new weapons . Person to person combat will be more sophisticared and surgically applied

No worries. We aren't that sensitive and we know what you meant. 

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2 hours ago, dinarham said:

Wow ,it occured to me that I may have offended our active military and our veterans . We wouldn't be here without you . A better way to say this would be hand to hand combat may be antiquated due to the  sophistication of new weapons . Person to person combat will be more sophisticared and surgically applied

 

1 hour ago, cranman said:

No worries. We aren't that sensitive and we know what you meant. 

Hooah...all good!!👍🇺🇸

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US to pull last troops from north Syria

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The developments illustrate Washington’s waning influence over events in Syria

Turkey aims to neutralize the Kurdish YPG militia, the main element of US’s Kurdish-led ally the Syrian Democratic Forces

WASHINGTON/BEIRUT: The United States said on Sunday it will withdraw its remaining 1,000 troops from northern Syria in the face of an expanding Turkish offensive while Syria’s army struck a deal with Kurdish forces to redeploy along its border with Turkey, both major victories for Syrian President Bashar Assad.
The developments illustrate Washington’s waning influence over events in Syria and the failure of the US policy of keeping Assad from reasserting state authority over areas lost during the more than eight-year conflict with rebels trying to end his rule.
The developments also represent wins for Russia and Iran, which have backed Assad since 2011 when his violent effort to crush what began as peaceful protests against his family’s decades-long rule of Syria exploded into a full-blown civil war.
While the US withdrawal moves American troops out of the line of fire, the return of Syrian soldiers to the Turkish border opens up the possibility of a wider conflagration should the Syrian army come in direct conflict with Turkish forces.
The Turkish onslaught in northern Syria has also raised the prospect that Daesh militants and their families held by the Kurdish forces targeted by Turkey may escape — scores were said to have done so already — and permit the group’s revival.
The remarkable turn of events was set in motion a week ago when US President Donald Trump decided to withdraw about 50 special operations forces from two outposts in northern Syria, a step widely seen as paving the way for Turkey to launch its week-long incursion against Kurdish militia in the region.
Turkey aims to neutralize the Kurdish YPG militia, the main element of Washington’s Kurdish-led ally, the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), which has been a key US ally in dismantling the “caliphate” set up by Daesh militants in Syria.
Ankara regards the YPG as a terrorist group aligned with Kurdish insurgents in Turkey.
Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan on Sunday said the offensive would extend from Kobani in the west to Hasaka in the east and extend some 30 kilometers into Syrian territory, with the town of Ras al Ain now in Turkish control.
US Defense Secretary Mike Esper said the United States decided to withdraw its roughly 1,000 troops in northern Syria — two US officials told Reuters it could pull the bulk out in days — after learning of the deepening Turkish offensive.
It was unclear what would happen to the several hundred US troops at the American military outpost of Tanf, near Syria’s southern border with Iraq and Jordan.
Another factor behind the decision, Esper indicated in an interview with the CBS program “Face the Nation,” was that the SDF aimed to make a deal with Russia and Syria to counter the Turkish onslaught. Several hours later, the Kurdish-led administration said it had struck just such an agreement for the Syrian army to deploy along the length of the border with Turkey to help repel Ankara’s offensive.
The deployment would help the SDF in countering “this aggression and liberating the areas that the Turkish army and mercenaries had entered,” it added, referring to Turkey-backed Syrian rebels, and would also allow for the liberation of other Syrian cities occupied by the Turkish army such as Afrin.
The fighting has sparked Western concerns that the SDF, holding large swathes of northern Syria once controlled by Daesh, would be unable to keep thousands of militants in jail and tens of thousands of their family members in camps.

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Kurds reach deal with Syrian government on troop deployment near Turkish border

Posted on October 13, 2019 by Editorial Staff in Kurdistan, Politics
Kurds reach deal with Syrian government on troop deployment

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BEIRUT,— The Kurdish administration in Syrian Kurdistan (Rojava) in northern Syria on Sunday announced a deal with the Damascus government on a Syrian troop deployment near the border with Turkey to confront Ankara’s offensive.

“In order to prevent and confront this aggression, an agreement has been reached with the Syrian government… so that the Syrian army can deploy along the Syrian-Turkish border to assist the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF),” the Kurdish administration said in a statement on its Facebook page.

Earlier Syria’s state news agency SANA said the army was sending troops to the north to “confront the Turkish aggression”, without giving further details.

 

In their statement the Kurds said that the agreement struck with the Damascus government “paves the way to liberate the rest of the Syrian cities occupied by the Turkish army such as Afrin“, a majority Kurdish enclave in the northwest.

On Sunday Turkish forces and their proxies pushed deeper into Syria, on the fifth day of the offensive, as Washington announced it was withdrawing its 1,000 troops from the country’s north.

Fighting raged, as Turkish-backed forces made significant progress along the border, despite an international outcry over the operation which has killed dozens of civilians and fighters, and forced tens of thousands to flee their homes.

Marginalised for decades, Syria’s minority Kurds carved out a de facto autonomous region across some 30 percent of the nation’s territory after the devastating war broke out in 2011.

When the Islamic State jihadist group swept across the region in 2014, the Kurd-led SDF mounted a fierce defence of their heartland and became the US-led coalition’s main partner on the ground.

The Kurdish Democratic Union Party PYD and its powerful military wing YPG/YPJ, considered the most effective fighting force against IS in Syria and U.S. has provided them with arms. The YPG, which is the backbone of the Syrian Democratic Forces SDF forces, has seized swathes of Syria from Islamic State.

The Kurdish forces expelled the Islamic State from its last patch of territory in the eastern Syrian village of Baghouz in March 2019.

11,000 Kurdish male and female fighters had been killed in five years of war to eliminate the Islamic State “caliphate” that once covered an area the size of Great Britain in Syria and Iraq, Kurdish officials said.

Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan himself said the aim of the operation was to establish a “security zone” that would extend 30 to 35 kilometres (20 to 25 miles) into Syria and run from Kobane to Hasaka — a stretch of 440 kilometres.

But the Kurds argue that Turkey’s goal is to weaken the Kurdish presence in Syrian Kurdistan, the Kurdish region in northern Syria, by modifying the demographics of the area with the return of mostly Sunni Arab refugees.

https://ekurd.net/kurds-reach-deal-with-syria-2019-10-13

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Assad Will be Real Beneficiary From Turkish war on Syrian Kurds

Posted on October 14, 2019 by Manish Rai in 1 Top News, Contributions, Kurdistan, Politics
Assad Will be Real Beneficiary From Turkish war on Syrian Kurds

A Syrian government soldier stands next to a pickup truck bearing the image of President Bashar al-Assad at the Nassib border in Daraa province on July 7, 2018. Photo: AFP

Manish Rai | Ekurd.net

Turkey has launched its operation Peace Spring in Northern Syria aiming to uproot Kurdish forces. As the United States have already abandon their Kurdish allies which helped them to finish ISIS caliphate and pulling out all the American troops from the Syria to facilitate the Turkish operation. Turkey has come very heavily on Kurdish forces by launching air strikes, heavy artillery bombardment and ground incursion by Turkish troops and allied militias. The scale of the Turkish attack surprised many analysts tracking Syrian conflict.

Turkey attacks covered area of 300 km length and 50 km depth in which almost all major cities and towns under Kurdish control are hit. Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) dominated by Kurdish YPG militia responded to Turkey’s military action with artillery attacks and rockets fired into Turkish territory. Moreover, fierce clashes are taking place in Syrian border villages between advancing Turkish forces and Kurdish fighters. What consequences of this military confrontation Kurds and Turkey have to face that only time can tell. But one thing is certain that whatever is the outcome of this confrontation there will be only one beneficiary under all circumstances and that will be Syrian President Bashar Al Assad. Let’s have a look how President Assad will benefit under any situation.

 

First of all, most important development is that United States is withdrawing all its troops from Northern Syria. Its highly possible that US will have no ground presence in Syria. This complete US pull-out will remove Russia’s which is the main backer of Syrian government only military equal from the contest to shape Syria’s future. Moreover, another important ally of Dr Assad that is Iran going forward don’t have to worry about US monitoring its activity and passing on critical information to Israel. Iran can now feel more confident to move its men and material from Iraqi to Lebanese border.

The Kurds feared that they will lose the autonomy they gained from Damascus during Syria’s civil war, now in its ninth year, and could see Turkey seize much of the territory where the Kurdish population is concentrated. This danger now could prompt the Kurds to negotiate with Assad’s government for some form of protection. Weaken by Turkish attacks Kurds won’t be able to negotiate from position of strength and Assad can pressurise them to accept many conditions which Kurds rejected outright before.

Another prominent possibility is that Assad forces, backed by Russia, could take advantage of the situation and advance from the south into the Kurdish region. As President Assad has vowed to retake every inch of territory from the Kurds and the remaining armed opposition in Syria’s northwest. This will force the Kurds to fight on two fronts at the same time something they are unlikely to survive. Ideally this is the right time to launch any military campaign against Kurds.

Turkey has stated that one of its goal is to settle Syrian refugees living in Turkish territory in the areas liberated from Syrian Kurdish forces. As it’s a known fact that the millions of Syrian refugees in Turkey have become a liability for Erdogan, who is now thinking of forcing them back to the Syria. If such a resettlement takes place, it will lead to a permanent change of Syrian demographics which favours Syrian President Assad’s sectarian ambitions. It will change the ethnic composition of the Kurdish areas and the sectarian composition of many predominantly Sunni Arab towns. So, going forward in future no Kurdish separatists movement can take root in these areas as Kurds will be in minority there.

Syria’s northwest corner, including the Idlib region, is the last major chunk of territory still in the opposition hands after more than eight years of war. That is mainly because of Turkish support to these residual opposition groups. Turkey has several observation posts in Idlib province hence Syrian government is reluctant to launch a full fledge ground incursion. But if Turkey get entangled with Kurds then Turkey has to shift its attention from Idlib to campaign against Kurds. As even Kurds lose the territory to Turks, they can still harass them through the use of guerrilla tactics like hit-and-runs attacks, mines, roadside bombs or perhaps anti-tank missiles in their possession. As a result of this Turks attention from Idlib will be diverted and this will directly help Syrian government which is eager to launch ground incursion in this last rebel stronghold.

The next few weeks and months will determine that weather Rojava will survive or not. But at this point in time Damascus has all reasons to smile. As its very much clear that Dr Bashar Al Assad will benefit from any possible outcome of this Turkish operation. In the Syrian conflict President Assad always played his cards well and emerged as the victor. However, this time it is different. He is winning without fighting or even putting any effort. His enemies are going to hand him victory.

https://ekurd.net/assad-will-real-beneficiary-2019-10-14

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2019/10/14 20:27
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The region provides assistance to the population of the Kurdish areas in Syria

BAGHDAD / Obelisk: The second phase of the "Save Rojava" campaign began in the Iraqi province of Shifa hospital in Erbil on Monday to collect and send aid to the people of the Kurdish areas in Syria.

"Since Saturday, we have started a donation campaign for the people of the Kurdish areas in Syria, where we have allocated a suitable place inside the hospital to collect this assistance," said one of the doctors at the hospital, Joan Mahmoud.

He added that "there were many organizations and parents who offered their assistance," noting that "we give importance to emergency assistance, including infant formula and medicines."

Activists circulated on social media, calling for the promotion of the campaign, which stated, "to all those in the Kurdistan region, Monday begins the second phase of the campaign (Save Rojava) to collect emergency and priority assistance from infant formula milk to 3 years old and medicines."

The first phase of the campaign was organized on Sunday, by donating blood to residents of the Kurdish areas in Syria, where the Turkish army and a number of Syrian opposition parties are launching a military campaign called "spring of peace", which Ankara said it aimed to pursue the elements of the "PKK" and elements Kurdish People's Protection Units.

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