(Afrin) Syrian government forces have entered the Kurdish enclave of
Afrin, which in turn provoked an
immediate response from Turkish forces besieging the area with an artillery
strike. The convoy of pro-Syrian
government fighters in pickup trucks mounted with heavy weapons entered Afrin,
where Turkey has been conducting a month-long military operation. Whilst the
Kurds have done extremely well in keeping the Turkish advance to under 10km.
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| Key: Blue= Turkish advance. Dark Green =Turkish proxies. Red= Syrian. Light Green=Kurds. Pink= contested. |
After a month of fighting and thus militarily aren’t in acute need of more
soldiers, the moral support from Assad and the extra weaponry (As in anti-Aircraft
missiles) send a huge message to Anakara
that they may have bitten off more than they can chew here. And let’s be
serious, as soon as the Turkish body count starts to climb, Turkish Publish
support will waiver.
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Large military convoy of Iran-backed Syrian NDF (Shabiha) units heading from Nuble and Zahra to Afrin to support YPG against TSK/FSA. pic.twitter.com/1G3zxy5huD— Stork (@NorthernStork) 20 February 2018
