Posted on 10/12/2017 5:03:14 PM PDT by markomalley
A first convoy of the military operation that Turkey is carrying out in Syria’s Idlib province crossed into the area late on Thursday, two rebels and a witness said.
The convoy included about 30 military vehicles, said Abu Khairo, a commander in a Free Syrian Army (FSA) rebel group based in the area, and it entered Syria near the Bab al-Hawa border crossing, according to a civilian witness.
It was heading to Sheikh Barakat, a hilltop that overlooks large areas of rebel-held northwestern Syria, but also the Afrin area held by the Kurdish YPG militia.
The convoy was escorted by fighters from Tahrir al-Sham, an alliance of jihadist groups including the former al Qaeda affiliate previously known as the Nusra Front, Abu Khairo said.
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Trump needs to direct American military forces in the area to provide our Kurdish allies with significant long-range anti-armor weapons to defend against this Islamist threat. And tell McMasters, the Saudi puppet, to go eff himself if he doesn’t like it.
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