Turkish Peace Operations in Syria (Operation Olive Branch) Updates & Discussions

[Arabic_Ottoman]

What else to expect from arabs. Israel over arabs anyday for me.

Does that include Turkish ISIS members?. generalisation is the language of fools.

 

[Attila the Hun]

This is typical payback method of Palestinians for the Turks.

Palestinians were the spearhead against Ottomans and their flag was/is the symbol of it. Pkk is created and trained in Palestine in the beginning of 80's. Mahmoud Abbas went to Cyprus and supported the claims of Greeks. He came to Turkiye and supported pkk.

You know what? Most of Turks love Palestinians more then their own mothers and fathers. They consider that loving and being an Arab is part of Islam.

I really don't care for the Ottoman bit, long time ago now, and lets not be like Greeks or whatever that live in the past. Palestinian leaders supporting Greece over Cyprus is my biggest issue, not that they shouldn't they have every right to support whoever they want, i just don't have to like it.

What else to expect from arabs. Israel over arabs anyday for me.

Why even pick a side and care ??

 

[TrMhMt]

Does that include Turkish ISIS members?. generalisation is the language of fools.

Thank you for proving my claims. Some Turks stupid like a rock to kill his own bro/sis.

 

[Eagl3Eyes]

IS released picture of its fighter who yesterday detonated a large VBIED near al-Bab, killing a number of Turkish soldiers.

He was a Palestinian from Gaza:

What a shame considering Turkey's support to Gaza and Davatoglu's tears for the Palestinians.

He is just a boy. IS or some mullahs brainwashed him. That means not all the Palestinians are like him.

What about Fethullah Gulen? He is a turk but traitor. Russian envoy killer was also a turk. Recent coup plotters were also turk. Do you think they represent Turkey?

If you accuse Palestinians for this suicide bomber then Russian should accuse Turks for that assassin.

End of the Day CIA and MOSSAD will be benefited.
Anti Palestine movement in Turkey.
Anti Turkey movement in Russia.

 

[Angry Studios]

Instead of NATO supporting YPG, If they supported the TAF and FSA against ISIS, We would've currently captured Al-bab.

 

[Timur]

I would say send it abit more soldiers and much more armoured units. I think we should give the very trustworthy factions, I would say the Turkmens all old army stock like old m48 tanks and m60 tanks we dont use in reserves or old bmp carriers etc, what do you guys think.

this are things I would have done years ago.. I often stated that they need havy weapons..

 

[nadeemkhan110]

Turkish military announces loss of 14 soldiers in clashes around Al-Bab town where fighting has intensified.

Clashes between Turkish-backed Syrian rebels and ISIL fighters have intensified around the northern Syrian town of Al-Bab, resulting in the deaths of 14 Turkish soldiers, the military's highest single-day toll of its four-month campaign inside the country.

Wednesday's battles, in which another 33 Turkish soldiers were wounded and 138 ISIL members were also killed, were some of the deadliest yet in Turkey's Euphrates Shield operation in northern Syria, according to the army.

"The operation to control Al-Bab, which is being besieged under the Euphrates Shield Operation, is ongoing," the army said in a statement.


The military had said earlier that rebel forces, which have been launching attacks on ISIL fighters in Al-Bab for weeks, had largely established control over the strategic area around the town's hospital.

"Once this area has been seized, Daesh's dominance of Al-Bab will to a large extent be broken," it said in an earlier statement on Wednesday, using an Arabic acronym for the group.

Aleppo victory
ISIL was using suicide bombers and vehicle-borne explosives intensively, the Turkish military said.

Turkey's military was pressing on with the operation after its foreign minister and his Russian and Iranian counterparts said in Moscow on Tuesday that they were ready to help broker a deal to end Syria's almost six-year-old war.

Turkey, Russia, Iran reach deal on Syrian conflict


The talks came as Syrian government forces neared their biggest victory in the conflict, closing in on the last rebel enclave in the city of Aleppo.

About 30 Turkish soldiers have been killed in the course of Euphrates Shield, which was launched to push ISIL, or the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant group, and a Kurdish militia away from Syria's border with Turkey.

Turkish air strikes on Wednesday destroyed 67 ISIL targets, the military said.

The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR), a UK-based war monitor, reported fierce clashes at the southwestern edges of Al-Bab, with some rebel advances there.

It said that Turkish air strikes in the area had killed seven people in Al-Bab and that 15 Turkish-backed rebels had been killed in fighting on Wednesday.

The Euphrates Shield operation is largely focused on combating ISIL, but Turkey is also determined to prevent the Kurdish YPG fighters, which it sees as a hostile force, from linking cantons it controls along the border.

Source: http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2016/12/turkish-troops-killed-clashes-isil-syria-161221204418681.html

 

[TrMhMt]

14 casualties aren't much comparing 2000+ Iranians...

This is a war dude not a game and obviously Turks are better than you Iranians.

 

[ptldM3]

14 casualties aren't much comparing 2000+ Iranians...

This is a war dude not a game and obviously Turks are better than you Iranians.

When did Iran lose 2000+ soldiers in a day in Syria?

 

[TrMhMt]

When did Iran lose 2000+ soldiers in a day in Syria?

Well some sources say that. 2000+ Iranian paramilitaries lost their lives while fighting ISIS and Iranian gov. hides it.

 

[blackeyes90]

this are things I would have done years ago.. I often stated that they need havy weapons..

we cant do that because it is Us donated to us . It has certain rules. We cant sell Us weapons or donate it to other groups without Us congress permission.

 

[ptldM3]

Aftermath of the IS-VBIED attack on TSK:

IS monitoring Turkish-FSA forces near al-Bab:

It looks like there are 9 vehicles involved. The bulldozer probably arrived after the VBIED attack. Not sure about the Leopard tank.


Does anyone have information on how many M-60s, leopards, IFVs and howitzers Turkey lost?

 

[nadeemkhan110]

14 casualties aren't much comparing 2000+ Iranians...

This is a war dude not a game and obviously Turks are better than you Iranians.

Iran Russia Syria are the winners of ALEPPO

Well some sources say that. 2000+ Iranian paramilitaries lost their lives while fighting ISIS and Iranian gov. hides it.

I think its wrong anyway is there any Source?

 

[mustafa erkan]

When did Iran lose 2000+ soldiers in a day in Syria?

So does Turkish army lost a few generals in one attack?

 

[Kebapçı Erhan]

It looks like there are 9 vehicles involved. The bulldozer probably arrived after the VBIED attack. Not sure about the Leopard tank.


Does anyone have information on how many M-60s, leopards, IFVs and howitzers Turkey lost?

There are a lot of dead bodies on the ground. Tank crew was probably outside of ths tank and got blown up.

Wikipedia needs to update Leo 2 operators to include ISIS.

Our guys went in with too much chest thumping. Now the lessons are slowly being learned the hard way. Rule #1 is to always respect your enemy's capabilities. We do the opposite and then we get caught off guard.