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

[Kiryu]

Another YPG child soldier has been captured. This time a 16yo girl.

https://twitter.com/x/status/965297671694176261

These kids should be in school, nurtured into adulthood. Not used as cannon fodder while their "brave" men hide behind them.

 

[Targon]

You guys think Rajo will be assaulted tomorrow? I think it can be stormed in a single day. We got the high ground and firepower and its basically just a big village.

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DWVSBn9X0AEEPfq.jpg:large

 

[OguzSenturk]

There are still 4 villages between Rajo and current OB frontline. I give it 3-4 more days.

 

[what]

I hope the SAA rumours are not true and it take a while longer for them to reach a deal.

 

[kartal1]

The Co-Chair of Defense and Self-Defense Body in Cizîre Rêzan Gilo: "No agreement has been made with the government in Afrin".

 

[-------]

Apparently this is what SAA is demanding.

 

[Yatağanlı]

Its bassically a total handover of Afrin

 

[LegionnairE]

If they agree to those terms, and if SAA enters Afrin tomorrow. I suggest that we demand every YPG militant in afrin arrested and handed over to Turkey. Let them know if they don't comply we'll declare war.

Mobilize the army so they see we're serious.

 

[Elvin]

This is all funny- I don't think TR will change course even if the SAA come into AFRIN, and Assad knows this. It would be easier to defeat the SAA then the YPG.. just saying.

 

[TheMightyBender]

Assad forces to enter Afrin in hours, Syrian broadcaster claims
DAMASCUS

Syrian state television channel al-Ikhbariya TV said on Feb. 19 that pro-Syrian government forces would soon enter northwestern Syria’s Afrin region, where Turkey is fighting against the People’s Protection Units (YPG).

The operation will begin “within hours,” said al-Ikhbariya TV, citing its own correspondent.

The report followed claims by the Syrian Kurdish Democratic Union Party (PYD) that Syrian Kurdish forces and the Damascus government have reached an agreement for the Syrian army to enter the Afrin region.

On Jan. 20, the Turkish military, alongside elements of the Free Syrian Army (FSA), launched “Operation Olive Branch” to clear YPG, the armed wing of the PYD, from Afrin. A total of 1,641 militants have been “neutralized” since the start of the operation, according to the Turkish military.

Turkey views the YPG as a terrorist group with links to the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK).

Badran Jia Kurd, an adviser to the Kurdish-led administration in northern Syria, told Reuters army troops would deploy along some border positions and could enter the region within the next two days.

There was no immediate comment from the Syrian military.

Although Syrian President Bashar al-Assad’s government and the YPG have mostly avoided direct conflict, they have occasionally clashed.

The Syrian government has allowed some YPG militants to reach Afrin through its territory, representatives of both sides have told Reuters in recent weeks.

Russia, the main supporter of the al-Assad regime, cooperates with Turkey in diplomatic efforts to find a solution to the ongoing war in Syria.

 

[cabatli_53]

 

[KediKesenFare3]

Assad forces to enter Afrin in hours, Syrian broadcaster claims
DAMASCUS

Syrian state television channel al-Ikhbariya TV said on Feb. 19 that pro-Syrian government forces would soon enter northwestern Syria’s Afrin region, where Turkey is fighting against the People’s Protection Units (YPG).

The operation will begin “within hours,” said al-Ikhbariya TV, citing its own correspondent.

The report followed claims by the Syrian Kurdish Democratic Union Party (PYD) that Syrian Kurdish forces and the Damascus government have reached an agreement for the Syrian army to enter the Afrin region.

On Jan. 20, the Turkish military, alongside elements of the Free Syrian Army (FSA), launched “Operation Olive Branch” to clear YPG, the armed wing of the PYD, from Afrin. A total of 1,641 militants have been “neutralized” since the start of the operation, according to the Turkish military.

Turkey views the YPG as a terrorist group with links to the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK).

Badran Jia Kurd, an adviser to the Kurdish-led administration in northern Syria, told Reuters army troops would deploy along some border positions and could enter the region within the next two days.

There was no immediate comment from the Syrian military.

Although Syrian President Bashar al-Assad’s government and the YPG have mostly avoided direct conflict, they have occasionally clashed.

The Syrian government has allowed some YPG militants to reach Afrin through its territory, representatives of both sides have told Reuters in recent weeks.

Russia, the main supporter of the al-Assad regime, cooperates with Turkey in diplomatic efforts to find a solution to the ongoing war in Syria.

Too many conflicting reports right now. We have to wait.

 

[Saho]

If Turkey agrees to hand over the region to Assad (if YPG agrees with the conditions) then what was the point of building an FSA army, police, hospitals and other builldings in the first place?

 

[KediKesenFare3]

If Turkey agrees to hand over the region to Assad (if YPG agrees with the conditions) then what was the point of building an FSA army, police, hospitals and other builldings in the first place?

You're mixing up ES region and Afrin.

https://twitter.com/x/status/965567177515569152

https://twitter.com/x/status/965566254747615234

 

[Deliorman]

Too many conflicting reports right now. We have to wait.

Turkey shouldn’t wait. It should just push harder now and bomb the shit out of them to give them a nice message.

ps Just saw the tweets above and it looks like they are doing that.