It's ON: Turkey Has Begun Shelling SDF & YPG Troop Bases in Azaz (Border City) Syria

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idiots.
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Conflict News ‏@Conflicts 8 min.
►SYRIA: Unconfirmed reports that Turkish artillery is targeting YPG positions near Azaz in northern #Syria.

Ranj Talabani ‏@ranj_talabani 7 min.před 7 minutami
►#BREAKING - #Turkey is now shelling #SDF positions in the vicinity of #Azaz, ensuring #ISIS supply lines are not cut between Turkey-#Syria.

Barzan Sadiq ‏@BarzanSadiq 12 min.
#BREAKING
►#Turkish artillery heavily shelling #YPG bases near #Azaz, northern #Syria.

►shelling has been going on for about four hours now

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AFP news agency ‏@AFP 7 min.
►#BREAKING Turkey bombs Kurdish-held areas of Syria's Aleppo, says monitor

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The Int'l Spectator ‏@intlspectator 7 min.
►BREAKING: Turkish official says there will be a 'massive escalation' in Syria over next 24 hours.

The Int'l Spectator ‏@intlspectator 8 min.
►BREAKING: Turkish artillery is targeting multiple Kurdish-held positions across northern Syria (YPG positions in both Maarnaz West Azaz and Menegh airbase)

►Turkish military shells Kurdish targets in northern Syria – Kurds to RT

►Reports that Turkish aircraft are flying close to the border with #Syria after artillery fire hit YPG and SDF positions.

►SDF Democratic Syria Force commander Abu Omar:
"Turkey is attacking us with mortars and rockets across the border. If the attacks continue, we will respond,"

 

[presence]

yikes

WWIII looms, way too many conflicting goals and involved parties now

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[Chester Copperpot]

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[goldenequity]

This is calculated. It will 'scare the world'..
into an 'outcry' for what Kerry and the Hegemons want: A Conflict 'Freeze'.
Why: to 'carve up' (Balkanize) Syria into 'zones' / prevent a Sovereign Syria.
(actually the goal all along)

This (Saudi/Turkey) .. has ALL (now) begun to try and precipitate that.
Just WATCH the media campaign to begin in earnest to vilify Russia..
get a 'world outcry' to 'stop the slaughter of innocents'.

It's theater.... with real blood.

 

[AuH20]

WW3 is the only available mechanism to write off all that bad debt and over-leveraged properties. Just sayin.'

 

[luctor-et-emergo]

WW3 is the only available mechanism to write off all that bad debt and over-leveraged properties. Just sayin.'

Welcome back AuH20... Actually, you're quite right on this. Sadly.

 

[Jan2017]

WW3 is the only available mechanism to write off all that bad debt and over-leveraged properties. Just sayin.'

cell phone pictures and video coming out https://twitter.com/search?q=turkey+syria+shelling&ref_src=twsrc^google|twcamp^serp|twgr^search


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MU7BnKfI9AM

 

[goldenequity]

YPG still is moving south of Azaz, towards the town of Tel Rifat. This offensive appears coordinated with RuAF.

 

[seapilot]

The smartest thing would be to eject Turkey from NATO. Sadly NATO wont. Russia wants revenge after Turkey shot down their jet. What a mess.

 

[goldenequity]

Turks have just opened heavy fire on Assad and Hezbollah positions in Aleppo -
(this is a different round of strikes to the YPG attacks earlier - now targeting Assad directly )

CLASSIC: Turkish officials to media: "YPG hit Turkish base in Akçabaglar, then we responded within the engag. rules"

►FSA group Jaish al-Thuwwar, part of the #SDF (supplied by the #US), now also reporting being hit by Turkish shells around #Aleppo

►SYRIA: Unconfirmed reports that Turkish artillery is targeting SAA territory near #Latakia

►TSK artillery batteries targeting SAA territory North of the city of Latakia; Haseke (Turkmen mountainS)

►BREAKING: @AFP confirm that Turkish artillery has targeted #SAA positions in northern Syria.

►Turkey's PM Davutoglu: "YPG must immediately leave Azaz and its surroundings and not return to the area in future";
said US VP Biden is going to communicate Turkey's concerns.
BREAKING Davutoglu: Syrian Kurdish militia must withdraw
(Turkish midget PM just called Russia an "occupational force" in Syria... LOL )

►US State Department: US urges YPG not to take advantage of a confused situation by seizing new territory in Northern Aleppo

►Qatari warplanes now reportedly join Saudi Arabia at Incirlik Airbase in Turkey
(ISIS founders, sponsors and suppliers joining the forces. The whole gang together it seems)

 

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►While Kerry Talks Ceasefire, US Allies Secretly Ship Grad Missiles to Syria Rebels
(and ARMS Iraqi Sunni to 'fight' ISIS.... right.)
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RT: Turkish military shells Assad forces, Kurdish militias in northern Syria - reports

 

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20+ air raids by #RuAF on Tel Rifaat #Aleppo
Heavy Air Strikes by #RuAF @ #Tell_Rifaat

SDF is clashing with #Al Sham & friends at Ain Daqnah and at the western entrance of Tel Rifaat in north #Aleppo
Sporadic clashes continue west of Tell Rifaat between #SDF vs Al Nusra & friends

Clashes reported between #SAA #Hezbollah vs #Al Nusra & friends in the outskirts of Bayanoun #Aleppo

BREAKING #YPG got closer #Manbij to thanks to US air strikes - only 6 km to go

Syrian Army advances on the Jordanian border in #Daraa


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Night Reports:

NorthernAleppo Very Violent clashes ongoing @ #Tamurah Front & Heavy Bombardment on #Anadan For last 2 HOURS.
NorthernAleppo Militants claim 100-400 Artillery Shells targeted #Anadan since starting 2 hours ago.

Lattakia No #SAA #NDF Casualties from #Turkey #Turkish Artillery @ #Alia_Mountain/#Aaliya_Mountain

Very heavy and intense night clashes between #FSA and kurdish #YPG around Tal Rifaat & Minnigh airbase.


Rebels lose 20 villages in northern #Aleppo in less than 14 days

RuAF airstrikes on #IS in Manbij in NE #Aleppo countryside

#JNusra & friends claim to have retaken control of Al-Tammourah hill after losing it this morning to #SAA & #Hezbollah

RuAF hit #IS in Al-Bab & the surroundings in east #Aleppo countryside

Russia: New cruise missile ship leaves for Syria
One of the latest additions to Russia's Black Sea fleet, the Zeleny Dol cruise missile ship,
set off for Syria's shores from the Crimean port of Sevastopol, Saturday morning.

 

[twomp]

The US asks Turkey to stop shooting at the people they armed...

US urges Turkey to halt Syria strikes

Washington (AFP) - The United States pressed Turkey on Saturday to halt military strikes on Kurdish and Syrian regime targets Saturday in the northern province of Aleppo, as Ankara weighs a joint ground assault with Saudi troops.

"We are concerned about the situation north of Aleppo and are working to de-escalate tensions on all sides," State Department spokesman John Kirby said in a statement.

State-run news agency Anatolia, quoting a military source, said the armed forces shelled Syrian Kurdish Democratic Union Party (PYD) targets around the town of Azaz, and also responded to regime fire on a Turkish military guard post in Turkey's southern Hatay region.

There were no further details on the nature of the Turkish strikes, but they likely would involve artillery fire from tanks.

"W‎e have urged Syrian Kurdish and other forces affiliated with the YPG not to take advantage of a confused situation by seizing new territory," Kirby said.

‎"We have also seen reports of artillery fire from the Turkish side of the border and urged Turkey to cease such fires.‎"

The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said Minnigh air base, recently taken by the Kurdish People's Protection Units (YPG) militia from Islamist rebels, was hit in the Turkish shelling.

Ankara considers the PYD and its YPG militia to be branches of the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) which has waged a decades-long insurgency against the Turkish state.

"Turkey and the YPG share a serious threat of ISIL poised just to the east of the Azaz corridor," Kirby added, referring to the self-proclaimed Islamic State group that has seized territory in Syria and Iraq.

"We continue to encourage all parties to focus on this common threat, which has not subsided, and to work toward a cessation of hostilities, as agreed in Munich."‎‎

The shelling came just a day after world powers announced announced an ambitious plan to stop fighting in Syria within a week.

But doubts have emerged over its viability, especially because it did not include IS or Al-Qaeda's local branch, which is fighting alongside other rebel groups in several areas.

http://news.yahoo.com/us-urges-turk...0aG5zBGNvbG8DYmYxBHBvcwMxBHZ0aWQDBHNlYwNzYw--

 

[twomp]

Looks like Turkey is shooting at the Syrian Army now too.

Turkish military repeatedly shell Assad forces; Kurds confirm to RT being hit by massive attack

The Turkish army has shelled Syrian government forces in Aleppo and Latakia provinces, while also hitting Kurdish targets near the city of Azaz in northwestern Syria, including an air base recently retaken from Islamist rebels, with a massive attack.
Anatolia news agency reported that the Turkish military hit Syrian government forces on Saturday, adding that the shelling had been in response to fire inflicted on a Turkish military guard post in Turkey’s southern Hatay region.

Turkish artillery targeted Syrian forces again late on Saturday, according to a military source quoted by RIA Novosti. The attack targeted the town of Deir Jamal in the Aleppo Governorate.

The agency also cited details of an earlier attack on Syrian government army positions in northwestern Latakia.

“Turkey’s artillery opened fire on the positions of the Syrian Army in the vicinity of Aliya mountain in the northwestern part of the province of Latakia,” the source said.

Meanwhile, the Turkish shelling of Kurdish positions continued for more than three hours almost uninterruptedly, a Kurdish source told RT, adding that the Turkish forces are using mortars and missiles and firing from the Turkish border not far from the city of Azaz in the Aleppo Governorate.

https://www.rt.com/news/332380-turkey-shells-northern-syria/

 

[alucard13mm]

I love how the turks have so much leverage lol. Turkey threatens EU by saying they will let all the migrants through. Eu and nato is the same. What kinda ally makes threats like that lol.

 

[goldenequity]

Russia MoD Media Briefing w/ ENG subs Feb. 11
(good info starting 4:15)
& Rojava Kurds (NE Syria) YPG restored an Armenian Church


Journalist asks a #YPG fighter from USA why he is in #Rojava Kurdistan
https://twitter.com/ARnews1936/status/698635922976481281

 

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►Syrian government says Turkish shelling of Syrian territory is "direct Turkish support for terrorist groups"-state TV

►YPG refutes Turkish claims: “We haven’t fired a single bullet against the Turkish state”

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Ash Carter, the American defence secretary, said on Friday that he
"...expected the Saudis and the United Arab Emirates to send commandos
to help recapture Islamic State's Syrian stronghold and de facto capital of Raqqa."

**spews coffee on monitor**
(like saying you KNEW your brother was a serial killer.. do/did nothing, helped, watched...)
Disgusting. A new American low.​

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►Heavy #Russia’n airstrikes on Northern #Aleppo suburbs this morning



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Raqqa is only 160 km (that's less than 100 miles) from Aleppo.
In less than two weeks, the "moderate" rebels have lost 20 strategic villages in Northern Aleppo.
Once Aleppo falls, Raqqa would be the next logical target.

It's now a race against time.
If Assad and his allies are able to crush ISIS before the US and its client states can make a move,
the war is all but over.​

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The "Race To Raqqa" Is Quickly Intensifying
http://www.moonofalabama.org/2016/02/the-race-to-raqqa-is-intensifying.html

In north-west Syria the SDF has used the recent success of the Syrian army against Jihadis in the area
to take northern parts of the Azaz corridor which once connected Aleppo to Turkey.
That corridor is held by a mixture of al-Qaeda Jihadist from:

Jabhat al-Nusra,
"Turkmen" Islamists from various Turk speaking countries
and local Islamist gangs supported by the CIA under the label Free Syrian Army.​

All three get money and weapons from Turkey and Saudi Arabia.

The Syrian army is moving north and south from the red strip in the map. (see above link)
The SDF is moving east from the Kurdish enclave around Afrin.
During the last days the SDF, supported by the Russian airforce,
captured the Minnagh airbase which was held by al-Qaeda aligned forces.
The SDF then proceeded north to take Azaz,
the last major town the Turkish supported Islamist are holding in the area.

Turkey [YESTERDAY] used 155mm artillery to fire from Turkey
against SDF positions on Minnagh airbase and around Azaz.
There will be Turkish special forces observers in Syria to direct the fire.

[SO...]

The NATO member Turkey is shelling:
the YPG, which is backed by Russia and the U.S.,
and the SDF which is backed by the U.S.
for attacking the FSA and Islamists (who are backed by the U.S., Turkey and Saudi Arabia.)

That's right. A nice little clusterfuck the smart (not) girls and boys around Obama created.

But as described here two days ago in
The Race To Raqqa Is On,
a much bigger clusterfuck is currently in the making
in and all around Syria.

MORE
The "Race To Raqqa" Is Quickly Intensifying
http://www.moonofalabama.org/2016/02/the-race-to-raqqa-is-intensifying.html

 

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Ground Updates:

►SAA & allies advance towards #Tabaqa: Captured several hills which overlook #AlZakia junction in SW #Raqqa countryside

►SAA have taken control of a number of hilltops which overlook Muhassah south of #IS held Qaryatayn #Homs

►LATAKIA: SAA captures Najd al Kaykhiya, Barrouma, Mazzan, Jabal Al-Rus and Rweiset Hmeiroush South of #Kinsabba in #Latakia #SANA

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►Turkey shelling of Meryamin in Afrin canton which led to death of 2 civilians and wounding 7 others

►Turkey shelling SAA positions in Ateera, Latakia.

►400 militants from Idlib have come through Turkey and arrived Tal Rafa'at N Aleppo to help Al-Nusra fight SAA.

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►BM-27 used today by #SAA in #Latakia countryside

►Aluminum hull BSF minesweeper/ASW Kovrovets 913 escorts the new missile corvette Zeleny Dol to the Med

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Russian News Reports #SAA Is Shelling Back Into #Turkey: TRANSLATE


BREAKING: France calls for halt to Turkish bombing of Kurdish forces in #Syria - @AFP (France... figures/here we go...)

Iraq sent forces to watchdog Saudi Arabia 'military exercise' on Iraqi border, Army warns against border violations. (Hezbollah 'Popular Front' is there too.)

 

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Ground Map

►Battle for Kinsibba, Northern Lattakia Countryside today (14/02/2016)

Thousands of Kurds in #Qamislo (NE Syria/Rojava Kurds)
marched to the border to condemn Turkish shelling


Bahrain: Current (Bahrain is a Saudi despot/satellite ally)
Today is 5th Anniversary of 'Arab Spring'



Aleppo today: (not quite 'up to code'... but 'liberated', finally)
What I see: Happy to be alive. People helping people. New sheriff in town.



Loyalist fighter: All it takes is one.

 

[presence]

The Turkey / SAA conflict is by far the most alarming development today. That is not a "police action" against terrorists... its WAR.