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SDF claims 23 Turkish soldiers killed in northeast Syria |
2022-08-12 |
[Rudaw] The Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) claimed on Thursday that its forces killed 23 "Our forces carried out on the eighth of August three qualitative and effective operations targeting the movements of the The SDF operations were conducted through three separate attacks, which targeted ...the occupiers of Greek Asia Minor... has not commented explicitly on the operation, but on Thursday said it had killed six SDF fighters who fired at them along the Mardin border without specifying the date. On Monday, ![]() renewed his calls for launching a fresh offensive in northern Syria, saying "we will continue our fight against terrorism," referring to Kurdish fighters of the People's Protection Units (YPG) which Turkey seeks to expel from the areas of Manbij and Tal Rifaat and establish a 30 kilometer deep safe zone along its southern border. The YPG, the backbone of the SDF, is considered by Turkey as the Syrian offshoot of the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) and both groups are firmly placed on the terror blacklist by Ankara. The threat of a |
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