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Turkey Syria offensive: Dozens killed as assault continues |

Published in Turkey - Warfare analysis - 14 - 11 Oct 19 04:11

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Casualties are increasing as Turkey presses on with its cross-border offensive on Kurdish-held areas of northern Syria.
At least 11 civilians have died and dozens of fighters from the Kurdish-led SDF and pro-Turkish factions have been killed, reports say.
The first death of a Turkish soldier was confirmed by Turkeys military.
Tens of thousands of people have fled their homes, amid growing international criticism of the offensive.
Turkey moved into northern Syria on Wednesday after the the US President, Donald Trump, pulled American troops out of the area.

Analysts say the US withdrawal effectively gave Turkey the green light to begin its cross-border assault.
Republicans in the US House of Representatives on Tuesday announced plans to introduce a sanctions bill against Turkey
Turkey defended its offensive as a bid to create a safe zone free of Kurdish militias which could also house Syrian refugees.
Turkey regards the Kurdish militias of the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) - which have controlled the cross-border areas - as terrorists who support an anti-Turkish insurgency.
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The SDF have been key allies of the US in the battle against the Islamic State (IS) group.
One major concern for the international community is the fate of thousands of suspected IS prisoners, including many foreign nationals, being guarded by Kurdish-led forces in the region.
Whats the latest on the fighting?On Thursday, Turkish troops partly encircled the border towns of Ras al-Ain and Tal Abyad.
But while the Turkish military said its operation was going to plan, Kurdish sources and activists from the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) said the offensive had not made much progress.
The Kurdish Red Crescent said there had been 11 confirmed civilian deaths so far and 28 serious injuries, mostly in Ras al-Ain and another border town, Qamishli. Some are children.
At least five people, including a Syrian baby, were reportedly killed in Kurdish shelling of Turkish border towns.
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The SOHR reported at least 29 deaths among the SDF and 17 from among pro-Turkish Syrian rebels, the Syrian National Army, as more than 10 villages fell into Turkish hands.
In a later report they said that seven members of pro-Turkish forces including a Turkish soldier had been killed as the SDF retook a village in Tal Abyad region.
Turkeys military confirmed a soldiers death, and said three others had been wounded.

Turkeys Anadolu news agency said late on Thursday 228 Kurdish militants had been neutralised since the start of the operation.
Meanwhile a refugee crisis is developing. Some 64,000 people have already reportedly fled their homes, the International Rescue Committee aid organisation said.
Aid groups say as many as 450,000 could be forced to move.
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Turkey wants to create a safe zone running for 480km (300 miles) along the Syrian side of the border but says it will not advance deeper than a planned 32km limit.


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Comments (14)

11 Oct 19 06:59
Davidking

chances are Russia, as a natural enemy of Turkey will want revenge, especially after Turkey hit the Russian plane, a Russian Su-24 plane. We will probably see them at least arming the Kurds or even helping them out with air strike, and if Putin want to extend his influence, we might see voluntary troops sprouting military conflict, while the Trump administration hits Turkey with economic sanctions. But we can only wait and see.

11 Oct 19 09:18
Karatay

So you say PKK is crying? You should know that so-called SDF has an organic bond with PKK, a terrorist group which causes this all endless wars and unrests in the region. They were the main reason of this Syrian war. They supported by western imperialism and occupied the lands which belongs to kurds, arabs and turks. And today, Turkish Army try to save these lands from terrorists and put an end this endless war.

11 Oct 19 09:21
Karatay

Western media should answer why the hell they are doing here for all years and support terrorist group like PYD/PKK instead of giving fake news. Were their purpose some kind of human services?

11 Oct 19 13:20
El Greco

Turks finna do again ethnocatharsis

11 Oct 19 14:43
Legit Marcial

Amargarde so this is why turkey is funding jihadists in Idlib, Preventing Syrian gov from regaining what is left from the hands of true terrorists so they can push for the return of governemnt control to the kurds and let Syria be whole again, man the Politics being playind in the midle east are out of dept for us common mortals, there is a lot of shadow moves at play there and alterior motives, in every side involved

11 Oct 19 15:52
Karatay

RealMarcial I can clearly say you guys dont even know where was the Syria in map and who were the kurds before this war. But we know and deal with this terrorist trouble almost half century. We know better than anyone else why these are happened. Behind all of this is a plan to form a new state which will serve western imperialism and secure their interests in middle east. Thats why states that live in this area such as our country got damaged and suffered for years. So it is our mission to secure our country and its borders. We live in a state right? What would do your country if there was a terrorist organization who threating its unity and attacking civils? In a situation like millions of migrants in borders and more coming out there? And what will we do if tomorrow this happens to us? Just try to imagine the situation. So, first of all you should not judge us with looking at your media. At least you accept that you cant know whats hiding in the sadows of middle east. You must also accept the fact that this is not concern you.

11 Oct 19 16:31
Legit Marcial

im not judging, im saying the situation is not black and white, there is lots of interests at play and moves behind the scenes, most stuff you watch on news are just sand to your eyes, from western media and from turkish media, this is a strange move, cuz on one hand Turkey helps prevent the Syrian gov from taking land in Idlib, but now with their atack on the kurds they give North East Syria on a silver plater to Assad, the habitants of those lands still had a lot of anti Governement sentiment, if the Syrian Army comes in after a few days of the Ofensive and blocks the Turkish Army from moving, he will be seen as a liberator, and this gives him room to get a better deal with the SDF in return for the Gov help, Turkey cannot invade Syrian Gov controled land because of Syrian military alliance with Russia, same way Syria cannot declare war on Turkey for violating their sovereingty and putting military on the ground because of NATO, but as you can see there are a lot of diferent variables at play. is this a straight move? is this part of some masterplan by Putin to pacify the region and still let the world think Turkey doesnt support Assad at the same time? is it something else completly? no one knows, all i know is that you cant take this ofensive as a straight fight the kurds thing, there are to many big players behind the scenes to be just that

11 Oct 19 16:49
Romanul1

Oh my... Its comforting to see that people with brains still inhabit this planet. Congrats, RealMarcial!

11 Oct 19 17:09
Karatay

I cant know what they think for next step too. But I am sure that Turkeys first priority is get rid of pyd/ypg. It is pkks syrian extension. We struggle with them in our southeastern region, in north iraq region, and now in north syrian region. I just try to explain this reality. Someones trying to show Turkish Army as invader and YPGs army as war hero in international area. They misinforming the public and creating an unfair reaction on behalf of our country. I just say they are wrong, definitely wrong.

12 Oct 19 05:00
Poliglota

In the meanwhile civilians die and Kurds lose the hope in having is own country. How can it be possible a 50 million people without their own country? Of course Kurds will fight, Palestin II!

12 Oct 19 05:46
Karatay

There are many faction within kurds. Most of kurdish are against pkk and consider it as terrorist organization. Actually pkk gave the most damage to kurdish people and many kurds hate from them.

12 Oct 19 05:46
sarkan

Putin and Erdogan are brothers-dictators. They take what they want and weak western World just express blabla concern. Meantime, Trump spoils relations with allies, flirts with N.Korea and backstab kurds and Ukraine. Such a crysis can lead to the III WW.

13 Oct 19 00:59
count zero

turks bring peace again :P not

13 Oct 19 02:49
Secret Melody

This is not the place for making this kind of publications.