Turkey is preparing an operation in Rojava
Colonel Cassad, Oct 31 2018
Erdogan, never finished with Idlib, again sat on his favorite anti-Kurdish hobby-horse (конька). In a public speech, he announced that the Turkish army is finishing planning operations East of the Euphrates and will soon begin practical operations to eliminate the military and political structures associated with the KPP in the territory of Rozhava bordering Turkey. The rationale for these threats all too-Kurdish organizations and parties associated with the KPP in the opinion of Turkey are terrorists or accomplices of terrorists, and if so, then applies to them will be accordingly. In addition, Turkey will not allow the creation of an independent or autonomous Kurdish entity near its borders. After these statements, last night the Turkish army fired at the Kurdish positions in the area of Tal-Abyad, in which city sit the Pindo military. According to Turkish data, “killed several militants YPG.” Kurds report one dead and several wounded. In addition, on the border there was a shooting battle between the Kurds and the Turkish military. Regarding practical implementation, so far the threat of Erdogan look like an articulation of the intentions. Some regrouping takes place only in the triangle of Azaz/al-Bab/Jarablus, where a number of militants “Jaish-al-Islam” are thrown closer to Manbij by the Turks. Rozhava in the border provinces of Turkey doesn’t yet been any significant movement of motorised echelons. On the border there are up to 5 army brigades, which are unlikely to be able to quickly solve the tasks set by the political leadership without additional strengthening due to the transfer of additional forces here. Pindostan is likely to try to slow down Erdogan’s intentions, trying to involve him in the negotiations, as happened in the summer of Manbij. Pindostan is likely to strengthen its presence in the area of Kobani, Qamishli and Tal Abyad to the demonstration of the flag to cool the ardor of Erdogan. The Kurds are outraged about Erdogan’s actions, indicating that he wants to strike them in the back while they are fighting with Daesh in the east of Deir ez-Zor. But here it is quite clear. There is an opinion that if the Kurds do not find a common language with Assad, it will end with a repetition of Kirkuk and Afrin. Erdogan in this scheme acts as a motivator in the negotiations, as indicated in September.
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