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  • Strategic Syrian peak slips through Turkey's fingers — again

    01/29/2018 6:57:21 PM PST · by Texas Fossil · 8 replies
    Al-Monitor ^ | January 29, 2018 | Amberin Zaman
    The battle for a strategic hilltop is fast becoming an embarrassment for Turkey as its “Olive Branch” offensive drags on against Syrian Kurdish forces in Syria’s Afrin region.On Jan. 22, Turkish forces claimed victory over Bursaya amid cries of "Allahu Akbar," only to lose it within hours to the Syrian Kurdish People’s Protection Units (YPG). Yesterday, Turkish forces and their allies from the Free Syrian Army planted the Turkish flag on top of the hill, declaring they had seized full control of Bursaya once again. But authorities were forced to put the kibosh on a government-sponsored media tour of the hill today...