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Congress makes Afrin part of Turkish province
Ahval ^ | Mar 31 2018 | none stated

Posted on 03/31/2018 11:26:27 AM PDT by Texas Fossil

The Afrin Liberation Congress, held under Turkey's auspices following the capture of the region of Afrin in Syria by Turkish and Free Syrian Army forces, has announced that the region will be governed as part of the Turkish province of Antakya, independent news site T24 said.

The region will also establish a 450-person police force, the congress decided, and a governor and local governor will be appointed by Turkey’s central government.

Around 100 individuals from the region took part in the congress in the Turkish city of Gaziantep, and elected a 35-person assembly made up of 24 Kurds, eight Arabs, one Alawite, one Yezidi and one Turkmen, spokesperson Hasan Shindi said.

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; Syria
KEYWORDS: afrin; congress; erdogan; kurdistan; province; receptayyiperdogan; turkey
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To: Jacob Kell

Yes.

It is part of the pipeline deal between Assad, Putin, Iran and Turkey.

They all hate Jews. They are all Muslim countries. Remember, Erdogan said he wanted to unite all Muslim countries into a single army and take Israel out?

This is the EVIL CABAL he wants to rule.


41 posted on 04/01/2018 5:00:23 AM PDT by Texas Fossil ((Texas is not where you were born, but a Free State of Heart, Mind & Attitude!))
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To: Verginius Rufus

How do you swallow a Turkey?

A bite at a time.


42 posted on 04/01/2018 5:07:16 AM PDT by Texas Fossil ((Texas is not where you were born, but a Free State of Heart, Mind & Attitude!))
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The Three Amigos

Iran's President Hassan Rouhani, Russia's Vladimir Putin and Turkey's Tayyip Erdogan meet in Sochi, Russia November 22, 2017. (photo credit: SPUTNIK/MIKHAIL METZEL/KREMLIN VIA REUTERS)

Column One: Portents of quagmires in Syria

43 posted on 04/01/2018 3:09:54 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (www.tapatalk.com/groups/godsgravesglyphs/, forum.darwincentral.org, www.gopbriefingroom.com)
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To: Texas Fossil

But will rank and file Syrians, even Alawites, accept it?


44 posted on 04/01/2018 5:12:55 PM PDT by Jacob Kell
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To: Jacob Kell

Kurds won’t. Alawites? not sure.

They are having a tough time with ISIS near Damascus. In the face of very brutal bombing.


45 posted on 04/01/2018 5:17:13 PM PDT by Texas Fossil ((Texas is not where you were born, but a Free State of Heart, Mind & Attitude!))
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