Over 40 American TOW, Swedish AT-4, French-German MILAN anti-tank ammunitions used by group during its attacks in 2017-2021
PKK terror group attacks Turkish forces with weapons produced by some NATO members
Tag: YPG
[2017] The SDF equals the YPG/PKK/Kurds
UN, human rights groups verify YPG’s child recruitment
After strategic coordination with American officials, the YPG re-branded itself as the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) in July 2017 to dissociate itself with the PKK, which is recognized as a terror group by Turkey, the US, and the EU.
A terror campaign by the PKK has waged against Turkey for more than 30 years, resulting in the deaths of nearly 40,000 people.
U.S. general told Syria’s YPG: ‘You have got to change your brand’
One of America’s most senior generals said on Friday he instructed the Kurdish YPG militia to change its “brand” a day or so before it unveiled an alliance with Syrian Arabs in 2015 under the name Syrian Democratic Forces.
Stockholm’s failure to recognize SDF links to YPG, PKK
The SDF equals the YPG
Granted: before committing to accusations of any kind, journalists must do their fieldwork or desktop research. When it comes to clarifying whether the SDF is in fact the YPG and thus the PKK in disguise, the work is relatively easy.
The person who told the YPG to rebrand itself so as to appear independent of the PKK, confirmed in a 2017 speech in Aspen, Colorado, that he had instructed the YPG to reinvent itself a day or so before the group unveiled its alliance with the Syrian Arabs back in 2015. So who is the figure who went public? U.S. Army Gen. Raymond Thomas.
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Ocalan, who was born in the Turkish province of Sanliurfa, was a co-founder of the PKK in 1978 and led a guerrilla war against the Turkish state that resulted in more than 40,000 deaths.
Although the YPG has claimed it is independent from the PKK, the group acknowledges Ocalan as its ideological figurehead and PKK commanders are thought to control key institutions in northern Syria.
Could Putin woo Turkey from Biden and NATO?
Could Putin woo Turkey from Biden and NATO?
Why do the Turks have such a negative sentiment towards its ally? It is worth noting that Ankara and Washington have been at odds over several issues. For instance, in 2019 the US imposed sanctions on Turkey over Ankara’s incursion into Syrian Kurdistan. A year later, Washington once again punished its NATO partner, this time because of Turkey’s decision to purchase S-400 air defense systems from Russia. In addition, the US supports the Kurdish-led People’s Protection Units (YPG) in Syria, while Ankara sees the YGP as a terrorist organization because of its alleged links to the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK). Moreover, to this day America refuses to extradite to Turkey Fetullah Gulen – a Pennsylvania-based former ally of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan turned deadly enemy, who is accused of complicity in a 2016 failed coup attempt.
Although improving ties with both, Russia and the United States, seems to be one of Erdogan’s top priorities for the time being, Ankara will likely keep implementing its relatively sovereign foreign policy, which could eventually lead to confrontation with Moscow. Russian media and analysts have already started blaming Turkey for its actions in Syria’s Idlib province that is controlled by the Turkey-backed forces. They accuse Ankara of de facto annexation of the region by introducing Turkish lira as the official currency, giving Turkish passports to the local population, and building schools and hospitals in the north of Syria. Ironically enough, that is exactly what the Kremlin is doing in the Donbass region of Ukraine that has been under control of the pro-Russian forces since 2014.
Russia good, Turkey bad. /s
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Regional Remake Birth Pangs- Syria, In a Repeat of The Balkanization/Destruction Of Iraq
Useful Idiots: Reactionary Leftists Propagate The Destruction of Sovereign Nations
Useful Idiots: Reactionary Leftists Propagate The Destruction of Sovereign Nations
Palestinians are victims of oppression and genocide, whilst the Kurds in Syria and Iraq in fact are separatists, insurgents, using terror and land-theft for achieving their aim of a Kurdish state on annexed land. By this, they do play in the hands of those powers who perform genocide and who oppress the Palestinians to secure the further existence of the Zionist entity.
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Regional Remake Birth Pangs- Syria, In a Repeat of The Balkanization/Destruction Of Iraq
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The Syrian Kurds ,so called, have always been largely PKK terrorists. Most of them with their roots in Turkey. But they’ve had help from Armenians and Uighurs. Backed by the US and friends. The PKK has always functioned as a proxy for western powers. And kind of stay behind army. Deployed to always keep Turkey in check.
US eyes Greek island as alternative to Turkish base due to “disturbing” Erdogan actions
US eyes Greek island as alternative to Turkish base due to “disturbing” Erdogan actions
Erdogan has threatened American access to the base, which reportedly houses dozens of U.S. nuclear weapons, multiple times since he squashed a failed coup attempt in 2016.
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US military taught Syrian Kurds to operate combat drones
US military taught Syrian Kurds to operate combat drones
The PKK / YPG Kurdish units were briefed by 600 US troops and another 200 French. The coalition practiced the use of various weapons and equipment.
“The exercises mainly concerned airborne assault and target destruction by drones,” the source said. Part of the exercise was devoted to repelling attacks on military bases.
The activity of military relations between the Kurds in Syria and the American contingent there has intensified in recent months.
US-backed YPG tramples human rights, kidnaps 4 more children in Syria
US-backed YPG tramples human rights, kidnaps 4 more children in Syria
Despite being called out numerous times by human rights organizations, the U.S.-backed YPG/PKK terrorists have insisted on trampling international law by forcibly recruiting four more children – two girls and two boys – within a week by kidnapping them from their families in Syria
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