High Noon at Jarabulus - Turkey Artillery & Tanks Moving upon Syrian Border Town

[RJB]

 

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Aylina Kilic @AylinaKilic 1h1 hour ago Syria
#YPG Spokesman Redur Xelil: "Nobody can ask us to leave our own soil, we will not withdraw from the western side of the Euphrates"

Syrian Rebellion Obs @Syria_Rebel_Obs 2h2 hours ago
#SDF local arab fighters destroyed a #Turkey artillery piece in Ayn al-Bayda outskirts. Battles raging in the night with fierce shellings.

Syrian Rebellion Obs @Syria_Rebel_Obs 1h1 hour ago
Al-Jadir family is leading #SDF in the this night in Ayn al-Bayda front, resisting since now 4 hours to #Turkey army and hundreds Islamists.

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@Juleswin
►Thanks 4 posting the Syrian Girl vid... I watched it... fills in some gaps.

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Thurs. Aug 25

Conflict News ‏@Conflicts · 49 min.
BREAKING: Ten more Turkish tanks head across border into #Syria - AFP

The Associated Press ‏@AP · 3 min.
BREAKING: Turkey: US says Syrian Kurds have started pulling back east of Euphrates in contested northern Syria region.

Hassan Ridha ‏@sayed_ridha · 5 min.
US Secretary of State John Kerry has told Turkey's FM that Kurdish forces in the SDF have withdrawn from the west side of the Euphrates - AA

CNN Türk ENG ‏@CNNTURK_ENG · 2 min.
Turkey Def. Min: Aim to secure move of #PYD to east of Euphrates in a week,
Manbij should belong to those who controlled it before war
(civil not military authority...)

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I'm gonna assume by the MSM/Kerry 'announcement'
of Kurd 'pullback'
that Kurds got the US 'message': "You're expendable & You can't win."

Conflict News ‏@Conflicts · 29 min.
BREAKING: Kurds withdraw from #Manbij - @K24English

 

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Turkey Special Forces commander Lieutenant General Zekai Aksakalli
greets the paid fodder who were sent in as invasion 'spear tip'

Jihaddi FSA rebels who felt so 'threatened' by ISIS.... they snored in the streets last night

Max Abrahms ‏@MaxAbrahms · 6 min.
If anything the supposed Turkey-ISIS "battles" reveal their ties:

Riam Dalati ‏@Dalatrm · 35 min.
So far nothing proves yesterday's news of epic "battles", "takeovers" and, later in the day, "pockets of resistance"

Ari Murad ‏@Arimurad · 13 hod.
Turkish soldiers pretending to fight ISIS for the media. In reality ISIS joined the FSA. Not one shot was fired.

 

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Daraya: (outside Damascus)

Hassan Ridha ‏@sayed_ridha · 6 min.
After 5 years of besiegement of Daraya, city will return to Gov control following a deal with Liwa Shuhada al-Islam and local leaders

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NE Aleppo: Al-Bab

Qalaat Al Mudiq ‏@QalaatAlMudiq · 9 min.
NE #Aleppo: #ISIS erected 25 km+ of barriers to protect Al-Bab. Tadef & M4 highway included in huge defensive system.

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@abdbozkurt: #Erdogan's daily calls #Jarablus sweep as just the beginning, other areas to be cleared for 'safe zone' in Syria
(we KNOW what the lil sultan intends...)

@Conflicts: BREAKING: Biden says Turks are prepared to stay as long as it takes in #Syria to take out #ISIS - @Roiders
(and there you have it... the curse of death. )

What a sick joke.
& the perfect ending for this thread.
Cheers,
G.