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Turkey's Border Mission: Turkish border towns targeted by YPG rockets
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Turkey's Border Mission: Turkish border towns targeted by YPG rockets
Turkey's Border Mission: Turkish border towns targeted by YPG rockets
Since the start of Operation Olive Branch in northern Syria, Turkish border towns have been increasingly targeted by the YPG. So far, five civilians have been killed in rocket attacks - and more than 100 others were injured. But Turkey says - that won't deter its troops from pushing forward. And TRT World's Anelise Borges is in Reyhanli. She reports on how residents there are dealing with the growing number of YPG attacks Subscribe: http://trt.world/subscribe Livestream: http://trt.world/ytlive Facebook: http://trt.world/facebook Twitter: http://trt.world/twitter Instagram: http://trt.world/instagram Visit our website: http://trt.world
🇹🇷 Turkey FM: Kurdish YPG in Afrin are a security threat | Talk to Al Jazeera
🇹🇷 Turkey FM: Kurdish YPG in Afrin are a security threat | Talk to Al Jazeera
Geopolitically placed between the East and the West, Turkey plays a hugely important and strategic role in many of the region's crises and conflicts, including the ongoing Syrian war. On January 20, Turkey launched Operation Olive Branch, an air and ground offensive against Afrin in northwestern Syria. The region is controlled by the Syrian Kurdish People's Protection Units (YPG) which Turkey considers a "terrorist group". "There have been YPG / PKK terrorists in Afrin region and they were sending harassment fires and rockets to Turkey... It became a serious threat to our security and to our borders," Turkey's foreign minister Mevlut Cavusoglu told Al Jazeera. "We warned them. We warned the countries who have been engaged with them. Nevertheless, they increased the harassment fires. That's why we launched this operation ..." Asked about US-made weapons that were captured from Kurdish fighters and the United States' open support for Kurdish fighters, Cavusoglu said: "Those weapons have been given by the United States to YPG. We have asked the US not to give them weapons, but they did. We asked them to stop and President Trump promised Erdogan that they will stop giving weapons to this organisation. In the last phone conversation between the two presidents, President Trump told Erdogan that they stopped ... giving weapons to this organisation." The US Department of State, however, has stated that it still considers the YPG as an ally in the fight against ISIL. "It's called [a] double standard. Particularly in our fight against terrorism we see this double standard everywhere ... The US ... are fighting all sorts of terrorist organisations in the world, but in Syria, they are collaborating with a terrorist organisation," the Turkish FM told Al Jazeera. US-Turkish relations have been strained in the past few years, especially since the attempted coup in July 2016. In 2017, the US imposed travel restrictions on Turks and Turkey reciprocated with similar measures for Americans. "Normally, we don't have any problems with any allies ... But ... if they take any action against Turkey, it will be reciprocated by Turkey. Turkey has changed," said Cavusoglu. He explained that in recent years US-Turkish relations have not been easy, because of "their support of YPG ... which is a terrorist organisation and posing a direct threat to Turkey. Secondly, after the attempted coup, we asked the US to extradite Fethullah Gulen ... So far, they haven't." "These two issues have fuelled anti-American emotions and sentiments in Turkey. And overall, there is a lack of trust," he added. "First, we need to rebuild this trust." 'Why are you trying to divide the Muslim world?' When in, June 2017, neighbouring countries imposed an air, sea and land blockade on Qatar, the Turkish foreign minister travelled the region in an attempt to broker an end to the GCC crisis. From the start of the crisis, Ankara has played a pivotal role in assisting Qatar to weather the blockade. "The decision against Qatar was not fair ... It has been a very unfortunate situation. We don't want to see such a division in the GCC or in the Muslim world. Stability in the GCC is so important for all of us," Cavusoglu told Al Jazeera. "There are some claims and accusations, but so far, not even a single evidence has been shared. And each time I see someone from Kuwait leadership, I ask them if they have a received any evidence about these accusations, and they say 'No' ..." He believes that "it was a very much political decision, and unfortunately, it didn't serve the interest of any countries in the region. I hope they will overcome this situation soon, and we still believe that Saudi Arabia can lead the process to overcome this situation." More from Talk To Al Jazeera on: YouTube - http://aje.io/ttajYT Facebook - http://facebook.com/talktoaj Twitter - http://twitter.com/talktoaljazeera Website - http://www.aljazeera.com/talktojazeera/
Operation Olive Branch - Part 2
Operation Olive Branch - Part 2
Special broadcast from Kilis on Turkey's 'Operation Olive Branch' in Afrin presented by TRT World correspondent Anelise Borges Subscribe: http://trt.world/subscribe Livestream: http://trt.world/ytlive Facebook: http://trt.world/facebook Twitter: http://trt.world/twitter Instagram: http://trt.world/instagram Visit our website: http://trt.world
Operation Olive Branch - Part 1
Operation Olive Branch - Part 1
Special broadcast from Kilis on Turkey's 'Operation Olive Branch' in Afrin presented by TRT World correspondent Anelise Borges. Subscribe: http://trt.world/subscribe Livestream: http://trt.world/ytlive Facebook: http://trt.world/facebook Twitter: http://trt.world/twitter Instagram: http://trt.world/instagram Visit our website: http://trt.world
Meet the Turkey backed Free Syrian Army fighters taking on the YPG | Operation Olive Branch
Meet the Turkey backed Free Syrian Army fighters taking on the YPG | Operation Olive Branch
For Turkey, and its allied Free Syrian Army on the ground in Afrin, there is no difference between this operation and the ones before it, that cleared Daesh from other parts of Syria back in 2016. Ali Mustafa reports. Subscribe: http://trt.world/StraitTalk Livestream: http://trt.world/ytlive Facebook: http://trt.world/facebook Twitter: http://trt.world/twitter Instagram: http://trt.world/instagram Visit our website: http://trt.world
Inside Afrin Syria | Operation Olive Branch | Special episode
Inside Afrin Syria | Operation Olive Branch | Special episode
This is the special edition of Strait Talk from Afrin in Syria. From the Burseya Mountains, located in the north-east of the city. It's the latest front to be cleared of the YPG terror group, by Turkey backed Free Syrian Army
Operation Olive Branch: Diplomacy over Turkey's operation in Afrin
Operation Olive Branch: Diplomacy over Turkey's operation in Afrin
Many countries showed support for Turkey's military operation in Afrin, but some expressed concerns. Turkey says those concerns are misplaced. TRT World's Hasan Abdullah reports from Turkish capital. Subscribe: http://trt.world/subscribe Livestream: http://trt.world/ytlive Facebook: http://trt.world/facebook Twitter: http://trt.world/twitter Instagram: http://trt.world/instagram Visit our website: http://trt.world
Turkey says it has seized Mount Bursayah with help of Syrian fighters
Turkey says it has seized Mount Bursayah with help of Syrian fighters
(28 Jan 2018) Plumes of smoke could be seen rising above Mount Bursayah on Sunday as fighting continued around the strategic point in northwestern Syria. According to Turkey's state-owned Anadolu Agency, Turkish forces and Syrian fighters have taken control of the mountain, which is between the Kurdish-held Syrian enclave of Afrin and the Turkey-controlled town of Azaz. Gunfire and explosions could be heard in the area on Sunday. Azaz is one of the fronts from where Turkish troops and allied Syrian fighters of the so-called Free Syrian Army have launched a push into Afrin to clear the area of a Syrian Kurdish militia that Ankara considers to be a national security threat. The militia known as the People's Protection Units, or YPG, has been a partner of the United States in the fight against the Islamic State group in Syria. Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork Twitter: https://twitter.com/AP_Archive Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/APArchives ​​ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/APNews/ You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/youtube/a832d4ef843c152b10b5293943103276
Operation Olive Branch: US continues to support YPG terror group
Operation Olive Branch: US continues to support YPG terror group
Turkey has long said the YPG is the Syrian offshoot of the PKK, an internationally recognized terror group. But its close ally, the United States says there aren't any formal links between the two groups and continues to support the YPG. Alican Ayanlar takes a closer look at the link between the PKK and YPG and how Operation Olive Branch is likely to pose another challenge for Turkey-US relations. Subscribe: http://trt.world/subscribe Livestream: http://trt.world/ytlive Facebook: http://trt.world/facebook Twitter: http://trt.world/twitter Instagram: http://trt.world/instagram Visit our website: http://trt.world
Operation Olive Branch: Turkey's border mission into its third week
Operation Olive Branch: Turkey's border mission into its third week
Two weeks into Turkey's Operation Olive Branch to remove the YPG terror group on the Syrian side near to Turkeys border and Sara Firth brings us this in depth look at operation of the operation so far and its impact on both sides.
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