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Turkish army and Kurdish powers collide again overnight after agreement on ceasefire

10/18/2019, 10:22:37 PM


On the 18th in northeastern Syria, several US media reported that the Turkish army and a minority Kurdish armed organization, the People's Defense Corps (YPG), collided again. Regarding the YPG attack by the Turkish army, the US government and the Turkish government ...

On the 18th in northeastern Syria, several US media reported that the Turkish army and a minority Kurdish armed organization, the People's Defense Corps (YPG), collided again. Regarding the YPG attack by the Turkish army, the US government and the Turkish government have just agreed on a "ceasefire" in which the Turkish army will stop the attack for five days in order to withdraw YPG from the Turkish border zone. In just one day after the agreement, the "ceasefire" is shaking.

According to the US Wall Street Journal, sporadic shelling and drone attacks occurred from the night of the 17th to the morning of the 18th near the Turkish border in northeastern Syria. In addition, the shell hit the Ras Al Ain hospital in northeastern Syria along the Turkish border.

Of armed forces centering on YPG ...