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Syria-Lebanon-Iran

Turkey deports 200 Syrians to SNA-held areas in north Syria

2023-07-12

[NPASyria] ~~Ottoman~~ Turkish authorities deported on Monday midnight, 200 Syrians, including women, from ~~The Sick Man of Europe~~ Turkey
<del>The Sick Man of Europe</del> Turkey

<del>The Sick Man of Europe</del> Turkey

...the only place on the face of the earth that misses the Ottoman Empire...
to Syrian territories under the control of ~~Ottoman~~ Turkish forces and ~~Ottoman~~ Turkish-backed opposition factions, also known as Syrian National Army (SNA), in northern Syria.

An exclusive source told North Press that the deportation happened at midnight in consecutive batches through the Bab al-Salamah border crossing near the city of Azaz, northern Aleppo.

The deportation occurred after ~~Ottoman~~ Turkish security forces carried out arrests under the pretext of not completing their identification papers within ~~Ottoman~~ Turkish provinces, in addition to not having Temporary Protection Cards (Kimlik).

~~Ottoman~~ Turkish authorities, from time to time, arrest Syrians, saying they committed offenses. Then they issue reports against them and deport them to Syria under excuses related to not having necessary legal documents, according to several media reports.

On June 7, the ~~Ottoman~~ Turkish authorities deported 28 Syrians from the city of Reyhanli in Antalya Province to areas in northern Aleppo.

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International-UN-NGOs

US says last Turkish aid route into Syria must stay open

2022-06-03

[AnNahar] The U.S. envoy to the UN said Thursday the sole border crossing to deliver aid into Syria must remain open, amid Russian threats to veto a resolution to protect it.

Syria-ally Russia could block the UN Security Council resolution, which expires on July 10, and observers say it is using it as a bargaining chip in the face of punishing sanctions over Moscow's invasion of Ukraine.

The Bab al-Hawa crossing near ~~The Sick Man of Europe~~ Turkey
<del>The Sick Man of Europe</del> Turkey

...the occupiers of Greek Asia Minor...
's Cilvegozu border post in the south has been the only point of entry for UN aid into Syria for the past two years.

The US ambassador to the U.N. Linda Thomas-Greenfield said Thursday it was imperative the opening stay open.

"We have to extend this border crossing, we have to continue to provide this assistance," said Thomas-Greenfield from a UN logistics center in Reyhanli, near the Turkey-Syria border.

Nearly 10,000 trucks loaded with humanitarian aid

passed through the crossing last year bound for the Idlib region, the last rebel bastion in Syria and home to around three million people live.

"We know that the situation is already dire there, that people are suffering now," Thomas-Greenfield said.

"It's going to increase the sufferings, it's going to increase the number of people who will displace and possibly even the number of people who may try to cross the border into Turkey."

She was in Reyhanli to meet with NGO and U.N. agencies' representatives who are working to provide assistance to Syrians.

Dmitry Polyanskiy, Russia's deputy ambassador to the U.N., said on May 20 that Moscow saw no reason to keep the crossing open, saying it violates Syria's illusory sovereignty and territorial integrity.

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The Grand Turk

Turkey's opposition leader loses power over unpaid bills

2022-04-22

[AlAhram] ~~The Sick Man of Europe~~ Turkey
...the decaying remnant of the Ottoman Empire...
's main opposition leader said Thursday that his power supply had been cut at home after he stopped paying electricity bills in protest at sharp utility bill hikes.
That was effective. And predictable.
Kemal Kilicdaroglu of the secular Republican People's Party (CHP) has seized on Turkey's social and economic turmoil to try and mount a serious challenge to veteran President His Enormity, Sultan Recep Tayyip Erdogan the First

His Enormity, Sultan Recep Tayyip Erdogan the First

...Turkey's version of Mohammed Morsi but they voted him back in so they deserve him. It's a sin, a shame, and a felony to insult the president of Turkey. In Anatolia did Recep Bey a stately Presidential Palace decree, that has 1100 rooms. That's 968 more than there are in the White House, 400 more than in Versailles, and 325 more than Buckingham Palace, so you know who's really most important...
in elections due by June 2023.

The 73-year-old former civil servant announced in February that he would stop paying "inflated" bills that had shot up by at least half for most households as a result of inflation and a sharp currency depreciation.

Economists link Turkey's social problems to Erdogan's unconventional economic views.

The ~~Ottoman~~ Turkish leader has pushed the central bank to sharply cut interest rates in order to bring down soaring consumer prices -- the exact opposite of what policymakers usually do in similar situations.

Turkey's official annual inflation reading has soared to more than 60 percent as a result.

Some of those increases are linked to a lira collapse that has made imports such as oil and gas much more expensive.

Kilicdaroglu announced on Twitter on Thursday that he now had no lights on at home.

"I just got news from my wife -- they cut off our electricity today," Kilicdaroglu said in a video message recorded from his well-lit office.

"My actions are not a call to civil disobedience," he added. "My actions are meant to represent the voice of families and children of a country that has been left in the dark."

Erdogan and his Islamic-rooted party have accused Kilicdaroglu of trying to stir up street protests and social upheaval by refusing to pay his bills.

Next year's general election is turning into one of the most serious challenges yet to Erdogan's dominant 20-year rule. The 68-year-old leader has seen his once overwhelming support implode in the past year.

Russia's assault on Ukraine has shifted some of the focus away from Turkey's economic problems and onto Erdogan's efforts to try and mediate an end to the brutal conflict.

Turkey's chilly relations with Washington have also improved as a result.

But opinion polls -- while not always trustworthy in Turkey -- still show Erdogan trailing most potential presidential challengers.

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The Grand Turk

Turkey Detains Russian IS Suspect at Syria Border

2021-02-18

[AnNahar] ~~Ottoman~~ Turkish border guards have detained five Russians, including a woman suspected of being a member the Islamic State

...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that they were al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're really very devout, committing every atrocity they can find in the Koran and inventing a few more. They fling Allah around with every other sentence, but to hear western pols talk they're not really Moslems....
group, and a Libyan who were attempting to cross from Syria, officials said Wednesday.

It was not immediately clear whether all six were suspected of being members of the jihadist group.

"Our border guards stationed in Hatay's Narlica district (in southern ~~The Sick Man of Europe~~ Turkey
...just another cheapjack Moslem dictatorship, brought to you by the Moslem Brüderbund...
) caught six people including one Libyan and five Russian nationals who were attempting to illegally cross into Turkey from Syria," the ministry tweeted in English.

"One of the Russian nationals was a woman identified as a wanted ISIS member," it said, using an Arabic acronym for the holy warrior group.

In a separate incident, ~~Ottoman~~ Turkish authorities this week also arrested a 26-year-old woman with her two children near the Syrian border, accused of links to the IS group.

The woman, who held both New Zealand and Australian passports until Canberra revoked her Australian citizenship last year, sparked a row between the two countries.

New Zealand's Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern on Tuesday accused Australia of shirking its responsibilities and said it was "wrong" to expect New Zealand to accept the woman.

Update from ABC.au on February 20, 2020, so that it’s available for future reference:

A Melbourne woman who had her Australian citizenship cancelled last year is at the centre of a political spat between Australia and New Zealand, after NZ Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern accused Scott Morrison of an "abrogation of responsibility" over her case.

The ABC can reveal the woman at the centre of the feud is 25-year-old Melburnian Suhayra Aden, who until last year was a dual citizen of Australia and New Zealand.

Ms Aden travelled to Syria from Australia in 2014 to live under Islamic State. While there she married and had three children to two Swedish men, who both died. One of her children also died of pneumonia while in Syria.

On Monday evening (local time), news broke that she had been detained by Turkish authorities while crossing into Turkey from the north-western Syrian province of Idlib, where she had reportedly been living.

Her two surviving children, aged two and five, were detained with her.

"Three New Zealand nationals trying to enter our country from Syria illegally were caught by our border staff in Reyhanli district of Hatay," the Turkish defence ministry said in a statement on Twitter on Monday night.

"It was determined that a 26-year-old woman named SA, who was among those arrested, was a terrorist from Daesh," it added.

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Syria-Lebanon-Iran

Syrians say US used secretive 'ninja' missile again in Idlib

2020-12-31

The jokes just write themselves. But really, given how fearsome we and Israel are, it’s a wonder the bad guys dare raise their heads to peek out from under their beds.

[Jpost] The US uses the "ninja" missiles in this part of Syria allegedly to avoid collateral damage and evidence that the US is even operating there

Special Forces ghosts owning the nght, ninja missiles — damn, we’re good.

A US "ninja" missile was used against a truck in Salqin, Syria, locals said on Tuesday. This is the R9X missile which is a modified Hellfire missile that can be launched from US armed drones, such as the Reaper. The US has used it around a half-dozen times in northern Syria against individuals linked to al-Qaeda or krazed killers. The missile, because it has swords that pop out in place of a warhead, carves up the target on impact, leaving a bloody mess but not harming others nearby.

Salqin is a town in the rolling hills near the ~~Ottoman~~ Turkish border, about a dozen kilometers from the border town of Reyhanli in ~~The Sick Man of Europe~~ Turkey
<del>The Sick Man of Europe</del> Turkey

...the decaying remnant of the Ottoman Empire...
. This is an area where ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi also operated before a US raid in October 2019. In fact, Barisha, where Baghdadi was killed, is about a 30-kilometer drive from Salqin. A good driver can do this trip in 45 minutes on winding roads. The area has been run by turbans for much of the Syrian Civil War and Turkey now occupies many areas around there.

Turkey also illegally occupied Afrin in northern Syria, an area it ethnically cleansed of Kurds and sent Syrian turbans it recruited to control. This is now a hot bed of krazed killer groups that have origins or links sometimes to al-Qaeda. These groups operate openly under ~~Ottoman~~ Turkish protection. Turkey is a member of NATO
...the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. A cautionary tale of cost-benefit analysis....
but many ISIS members have found refuge in Turkey or transited through Turkey to parts of Syria. Turkey also hosts Hamas, a regional Iranian catspaw, terrorists.

The US uses the "ninja" missiles in this part of Syria allegedly to avoid collateral damage and evidence that the US is even operating there. Nevertheless, US drones have been seen on video, and it is an open secret that turbans here are on wanted lists in the US.

Syrians in the area reportedly said no one was killed in the recent attack. This would point to a failure of US intelligence or a purposeful campaign of lies from locals to hide what really happened. The usual gruesome images of the remains of the people struck by the flying sword-bomb have not been shown.

Experts who follow the use of the "ninja" weapon point to similarities to a December 3 and September 14 incident, according to the account Within Syria online.

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The Grand Turk

French Jihadist Caught Trying to Enter Turkey from Syria

2020-12-15

[AnNahar] A French jihadist wanted on an Interpol "red notice" has been caught by ~~Ottoman~~ Turkish security forces trying to enter ~~The Sick Man of Europe~~ Turkey
<del>The Sick Man of Europe</del> Turkey

...Qatar's satrapy in Asia Minor...
from Syria, the ~~Ottoman~~ Turkish defence ministry said Monday.

The individual known by the initials C.G. was detained while trying to reach the ~~Ottoman~~ Turkish border town of Reyhanli, the ministry said in a statement.

The ministry said the individual is believed to be part of the Firqatul Ghuraba group of foreign jihadists in Syria and recruited by Omar Omsen.

Omsen, also known as Omar Diaby, is a French national of Senegal
... a nation of about 14 million on the west coast of Africa bordering Mauretania to the north, Mali to the east, and a pair of Guineas to the south, one of them Bissau. It is 90 percent Mohammedan and has more than 80 political parties. Its primary purpose seems to be absorbing refugees...
ese descent suspected of funnelling francophone fighters to Syria.

He was captured in August in Syria by a group linked to al-Qaeda.

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The Grand Turk

Turkish army bases near Reyhanli conducted cross-border rocket and artillery strikes against pro-Assad forces positions in western Aleppo

2020-02-15

[PUBLISH.TWITTER]

Turkish army bases near Reyhanli conducted cross-border rocket and artillery strikes against pro-Assad forces positions in western Aleppo https://t.co/kyZaxhmwRb via @Abdurahmanhrk #Syria pic.twitter.com/1n4fkFiC1h
— Liveuamap MiddleEast (@lummideast) February 14, 2020

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The Grand Turk

Explosions at Turkish Ammunition Depot; No One Hurt

2019-08-10

Insh’allah. Apparently Allah did not want them to use that ammunition against whichever foe they have wrongly chosen.

[AnNahar] ~~The Sick Man of Europe~~ Turkey
<del>The Sick Man of Europe</del> Turkey

...Qatar's colony in Asia Minor...
's state-run news agency
...and if you can't trust the state-run news agency who can you believe?...
says a series of explosions have occurred at a military ammunition depot near Turkey's border with Syria. No one was hurt.

Anadolu Agency says the cause of the earth-shattering kabooms early Friday at the depot in the town of Reyhanli, in Hatay province, is not known. Fire broke out in some parts of the depot, the agency reported.

Insh’allah. When all of one’s best soldiers have been locked up for months, or even years, accused falsely of being Gulenists or coup plotters of one sort or another, the likelihood of dangerously stupid mistakes by those who do not realize the depths of their ignorance increases significantly.

Homes around the site were immediately evacuated and police sealed off the area.

The agency said the earth-shattering kabooms caused damage to some nearby houses.

Or perhaps Allah just had it in for someone living in the area. Ineffable are the decisions of Allah.

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The Grand Turk

Car Explosion In Southern Turkey Kills Three

2019-07-06

[Jpost] A car went kaboom! in southern ~~The Sick Man of Europe~~ Turkey
<del>The Sick Man of Europe</del> Turkey

...the only place on the face of the earth that misses the Ottoman Empire...
near the border with Syria on Friday, killing three Syrian people, security sources said.

The explosion took place in the town of Reyhanli, and ~~Ottoman~~ Turkish media quoted the local governor as saying the cause of the earth-shattering kaboom was being investigated.

One person was also maimed in the blast, the sources said.

Rudaw adds:

Separately, a ~~Ottoman~~ Turkish military vehicle was targeted by a roadside kaboom on Friday in the Kurdish province of Siirt, southeastern ~~The Sick Man of Europe~~ Turkey.

State-run Anadolu Agency (AA) claimed that the bomb had been laid by Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK). The PKK has not claimed the attack.

Two ~~Ottoman~~ Turkish soldiers were maimed in the earth-shattering kaboom, according to AA.

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The Grand Turk

8 suspects being sought in 2013 Reyhanli bombing

2018-09-30

[Hurriyet Daily News] Spurred by testimony from a key plotter of the deadly 2013 double boom-mobileing in Reyhanli, ~~Ottoman~~ Turkish security forces are now seeking out eight suspects, according to judicial sources.

Ankara prosecutors issued warrants for the suspects, including one identified as Mehmet Gezer, said the sources, who spoke on condition of anonymity due to restrictions on talking to the media.

According to the testimony of Yusuf Nazik, Gezer played a key role in the bombing, the sources added.

Captured by ~~Ottoman~~ Turkish intelligence in the Syrian port city of Latakia on Sept. 12, Nazik, 34, has confessed to playing a role in the deadly bombing in the southern ~~Ottoman~~ Turkish border town of Reyhanli in the Hatay province which killed 53 people.

Nazik is now being interrogated by security and intelligence teams in the capital Ankara.

In his interrogation, Nazik told ~~Ottoman~~ Turkish security forces that on a tip off from Syrian intelligence units, he scouted the scene of the crime prior to the attack and moved explosives from Syria to ~~The Sick Man of Europe~~ Turkey
...the decaying remnant of the Ottoman Empire....
.

Nazik was brought before the Ninth High Criminal Court in Ankara and jugged
Drop the rosco, Muggsy, or you're one with the ages!
on Sept. 24.

The May 2013 bombings in Reyhanli left 53 dead.

Some 912 buildings, 891 workplaces, and 148 vehicles were also heavily damaged in the attack.

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The Grand Turk

Key suspect in 2013 Reyhanli terror attack arrested

2018-09-26

[Hurriyet Daily News] A key plotter of the 2013 double boom-mobileing in Reyhanli, ~~The Sick Man of Europe~~ Turkey
...just another cheapjack Moslem dictatorship, brought to you by the Moslem Brüderbund....
was tossed in the clink
Don't shoot, coppers! I'm comin' out!
on Sept. 24, according to judicial sources.

Yusuf Nazik, 34, was brought before the Ninth High Criminal Court in Ankara and formally charged, the sources added.

Turkey’s National Intelligence Organization (MIT) captured Nazik in the Syrian port city of Latakia and brought him back to Turkey on Sept. 12.

According to information gathered by state-run Anadolu Agency, MIT brought Nazik to Turkey in a "pinpoint operation" and began interrogating him over the deadly attack, which killed scores of people in southern Turkey.

Nazik, who was marked in the blue category of the Interior Ministry’s wanted gunnies list, confessed to planning and organizing the bombings, saying that on a tipoff from Syrian intelligence units, he scouted the scene of the crime prior to the attack and moved explosives from Syria to Turkey.

The May 2013 bombings in the Reyhanli district of Hatay province near Turkey’s border with Syria left 53 dead. Some 912 buildings, 891 workplaces and 148 vehicles were heavily damaged in the attack.

On Feb. 23, 2018, a ~~Ottoman~~ Turkish court sentenced nine of the 33 suspects in the attack to aggravated life imprisonment and 13 others with prison terms ranging from 10 to 15 years.

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The Grand Turk

Turkey Captures 2013 Border Bombing Suspect in Syria Operation

2018-09-13

[AnNahar] The ~~Ottoman~~ Turkish secret service has captured in Syria and brought back to ~~The Sick Man of Europe~~ Turkey
...the decaying remnant of the Ottoman Empire....
the chief suspect in a 2013 bombing on the border with its conflict-torn neighbour that left over 50 dead, state media said Wednesday.

~~Ottoman~~ Turkish citizen Yusuf Nazik, who is accused of planning the May 2013 Reyhanli bombing, was apprehended in an operation by the National Intelligence Organisation (MIT) in the Syrian city of Latakia and brought to Turkey, the Anadolu news agency said.

Turkey at the time blamed the bombing -- one of the deadliest in its modern history -- on the regime of Hereditary President-for-Life Bashir Pencilneck al-Assad
One of the last of the old-fashioned hereditary iron-fisted fascist dictators...
and allied groups. But the Syrian government rejected the charges.

Anadolu also published a video of Nazik, dressed in a tracksuit top and jeans and standing by a ~~Ottoman~~ Turkish flag, giving what it described as a "confession", saying he was behind the attack and it had been ordered by the Syrian regime.

He said a man "working for Syrian intelligence" had given the order for the bombing and called on others in Syria to "return before it is too late", saying Turkey will "look after us".

Nazik said he was from the ~~Ottoman~~ Turkish southern city of Antakya and was 34 years old.

Turkey has been an implacable foe of Assad throughout the Syrian conflict and has repeatedly called for his ouster.

Yet Ankara has also been working in recent months more intensely with its main allies Russia and Iran on ending the conflict. Attention is now focused on Turkey's reaction should the regime go ahead with a planned assault on the last rebel stronghold of Idlib.

The operation to capture Nazik which took place in Latakia is significant as the city has been a regime stronghold throughout the civil war and is seen as the heartland of support for Assad.

There were no further details on the nature of the operation and if it had been carried out with or without the knowledge of the Syrian authorities or Russian forces who are present in the area. No date was given for Nazik's capture.

The operation is the latest in a series of high-profile swoops by the MIT.

It has brought back to Turkey in recent weeks suspects accused of links to preacher Fethullah Gülen

... a Turkish preacher living in Pennsylvania whom the current govt of Turkey considers responsible for all the ills afflicting Turkey and possibly the entire world...
, the accused criminal mastermind of the 2016 failed coup seeking to topple President Sultan Recep Tayyip Erdogan the First

... Turkey's version of Mohammed Morsi but they voted him back in so they deserve him. It's a sin, a shame, and a felony to insult the president of Turkey...
, from several countries including Kosovo, Gabon, Moldova and Ukraine.

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