If Assad would simply quit allowing munitions to Hezbollah, I wouldn’t have a major beef with him.
Some good news for once.
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I note the BBC map describes the Turkish-occupied zone as “Syrian rebels”
Wow, the mighty Russians and Assad defeat ISIS 3 years after Russia gets there in the suburbs of Damascus? Putin and Assad should be accused as much of supporting ISIS as your libel. 14% of Russian airstrikes have been against ISIS. This whole thing may be staged.
Assad has helped kill American soldiers, we know that from Iraq, if Iran did, we all know that, so has Assad. Daddy Assad helped kill the Marines in 1983. Assad can go to hell. These people have barely fought ISIS.
Not exactly. Is Afrin no longer in Syria, Is it now part of Turkey?>>>
And where did ISIS forces go? They were relocated to the region that Turkey captured in Syria called Afrin. Who were the people that were living peacefully in Afrin before? Kurds, Alevi, Syriac Christians, Ezidi’s, Turkmen and a few Armenians. All of those are now homeless and their livelihoods are gone. They had to flee to survive and the ones who did not leave? They are selectively being told to leave or die. And of course their property is taken. The entire region was pillaged by the Turk militias which include 3,000 ISIS, many al Qaeda and other Jihadi's
A picture of where the ISIS Terrorists were relocated?
Seth Frantzman @sfrantzman
https://twitter.com/sfrantzman/status/993408315043536896
This is a must-read report with clear maps relating to the re-settlement of IDPs from eastern Ghouta into #Afrin; the #Kurdish area that Turkey and Syrian rebels took over has become one of the main centers of moving IDPs #Afrinnews
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Syria Forced Displacement Data (May 2018)
Syria Forced Displacement Map1 https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DclLQhdXcAAmrda.jpg
Syria Forced Displacement Map2 https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DclLQhPXkAEv52n.jpg
Note: Some BBC reporters are based in Turkey. They generally do not note where the reporter is based in the article header because of security reasons.
BUT, there is no free press in Turkey. There has never been, from the beginning of the Ottoman Empire.
There are no journalists in Turkey, only state approved paid propagandists. All the journalists that were in Turkey are in jail, dead or in exile. No source in Turkey can print anything critical of the Erdogan regime. If they do they will quickly be jailed or worse.
So the lack of reference about Afrin is not accidental.
I’ve seen many Reuters articles that were clearly propaganda because of this reason.
Erdogan will warmly give them sanctuary in Afrin, where from they will later be used by Erdogan against the Kurds.
