Turkey-backed FSA sold Turkish tanks to Islamic State: military source

[BHarwana]

Turkey-backed FSA members in Syria as part of the Euphrates Shield Operation.
According to a claim made in Turkish media on Wednesday, Turkey-backed Free Syrian Army (FSA) groups sold Turkish armoured vehicles to the Islamic State (IS) group, during the Euphrates Shield Operation.

A report in the Birgun daily based on military sources said FSA groups given eight tanks and armoured vehicles to enter al-Bab in northern Syria sold or handed over some of these vehicles to the jihadist group.

The Turkish Chief of Staff launched an investigation into the matter but no results were gained as the file remains open, the report added. The value of a single vehicle is thought to be in the range of 680 thousand dollars.

Footage on the Birgun website shows the tanks in question first seen being used by FSA militants, who are praying on top of the tanks but then appear in IS ranks. Vehicle ‘243768’ is identifiable from its number plate. IS members point to the tank and say, “Spoils of war,” in the video.

Military sources speaking to the newspaper also alleged there were double standards during the operation into Syria and that FSA members were treated better than Turkish soldiers.

“We conducted the operation in very difficult circumstances. There was nothing to eat and nowhere to wash. There were also double standards. FSA members had better conditions. On top of this they sold armoured vehicles. The vehicles were registered to us. Many of them [FSA] were thieves, drug addicts and smugglers.”

More than 70 Turkish soldiers and 500 FSA militants were reportedly killed in the Euphrates Shield Operation launched in August 2016 and suspended in March 2017. Turkish authorities said the operation was being carried out against the IS and to block Kurdish forces from expanding their area of control in northern Syria’s autonomous north.


https://komnews.org/turkey-backed-fsa-sold-turkish-tanks-islamic-state-military-source/

 

[BHarwana]

LOL. FSA SDF and ISIS are the same. People you need to wake up. Israel is going to give Syria to ISIS.

 

[Deliorman]

What kind of bullshits are you reading man? Who the hell are Kom News and why are they mostly writing articles against Turkey? Let see: this article is written from a report of Birgün Daily (a fake news agency that almost nobody heard of) that gathered it's information based on military sources (every fake news/click bait site I have seen gathers it's info from sources... unnamed sources and people who prefer to stay anonymous ). Who wrote the article, who is the author, who is the editor etc?

https://komnews.org/contactus/

Do you see a telephone number or an address here? Just an E-mail of their editors (whoever they are) and an e-mail to submit news (I guess everyone can send them everything)... Even I can make a site where I can anonymously mix real facts with total lies and claim they are true and there is enough idiots who will believe it in the end.

Stop making a thread out of every fake news article you see on the web...

 

[blackeyes90]

LOL. FSA SDF and ISIS are the same. People you need to wake up. Israel is going to give Syria to ISIS.

This is hostile propanda period. Dont trust the news. But Fsa did sell Isis some bullets and small firearms but no tanks or armoured vehicles thats insane !

 

[BHarwana]

This is hostile propanda period. Dont trust the news. But Fsa did sell Isis some bullets and small firearms but no tanks or armoured vehicles thats insane !

If someone can sell bullets why not tanks.

 

[blackeyes90]

Because they dont have tanks. And Fsa can smuggle bullets in the hidden parts in the car but they cant smuggle a tank to the besieged city with uavs flying around. C'mon dont fall for this !

 

[BHarwana]

Because they dont have tanks. And Fsa can smuggle bullets in the hidden parts in the car but they cant smuggle a tank to the besieged city with uavs flying around. C'mon dont fall for this !

Don't know but if it is true someone should keep an eye on them lol. Last time ISIS was using US made Tanks and Hummers.