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Originally Posted by crockett
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Russian Mercs were sent to try and take out a Kurdish position. Russians didn't expect US special forces to be there and got their asses pounded..
Russian mercs are Putin's throw away army anyway.. He doesn't count their bodies or send them home in a casket..
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Kurdish have a little problem now.
Turkey will lay siege to Syria's Afrin in coming days: Erdogan
Turkey will lay siege to Afrin in northern Syria, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Tuesday a month after Ankara launched an offensive against Kurdish militia in the region.
"In the coming days, swiftly, we will lay siege to the centre of the town of Afrin," Erdogan told parliament.
https://sg.news.yahoo.com/turkey-lay...101005176.html
New Kurdish alliance complicates relationship with US
https://www.cnn.com/2018/02/19/middl...ntl/index.html
Afrin offensive: Turkey warns Syria against helping Kurds
Afrin offensive: Turkey warns Syria against helping Kurds - BBC News
The Afrin Confrontation Risks Kurdish Autonomy and War With Turkey
https://www.albawaba.com/news/origin...urkey--1090874
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Preparations are under way for Russian President Vladimir Putin, Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan and Iranian President Hassan Rouhani to meet in April in Turkey, RIA news agency said on Monday.
https://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-mi...-idUKKCN1G323R
As the Russia-Iran-Turkey alliance expands, the US is reconciled to a lower profile
Qatar has become the alliance?s newest member, thanks to a rash move by the Saudi Crown Prince.
Kaleidoscopic changes in West Asia have produced a constellation of power posing fresh challenges to the United States. The emerging alliance among Russia, Iran and Turkey gained its newest member in Qatar, thanks to a rash move by Saudi Crown Prince Muhammad bin Salman. Most alarming for America: Turkey is the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation?s easternmost member with the second largest military in the defence partnership. Qatar provides the Pentagon?s Central Command with its forward base, the region?s largest.
https://scroll.in/article/860744/as-...-lower-profile