“Turkey starts ground incursion into Kurdish-controlled Afrin in Syria… #ZeytinDalıHareketı

Pro-government media is quick to circulate fake propaganda news. One video deciphered here

AP has deleted two tweets that referred to Turkish airstrikes on Islamic State forces in Afrin, Syria. Turkey's prime minister said the strikes targeted IS along with Kurdish forces, but IS is not known to have a presence in the city. A new tweet is coming.

— The Associated Press (@AP) January 20, 2018

in #kobani times (late 2014 – early 2015) #kurds in #turkey did take to the streets to protest. but turkey is a different country now: state of emergency, mass arrests, even more oppression. i don't expect huge turn outs now. #afrin

— Frederike Geerdink (@fgeerdink) January 21, 2018

Good map to follow actors’ tracks in the war:

#Suriye – ÖSO 9. Tugayın özel birlikleri Afrin harekatında yer alıyor. https://t.co/ndKNGOF89L https://t.co/yeOQB9jDiQ via @ehli_sam

— Liveuamap Türkçe (@liveuamaptr) January 21, 2018

Pro-government media is more than ready for war:

Turkish army invades …. Turkish TV pic.twitter.com/tOdGCdgfTU

— Gilgo (@agirecudi) 20 Ocak 2018

tam neotürkiye pic.twitter.com/SZFEfVi6Og

— mustafahos (@mustafahos) January 21, 2018

Turkish military operation into Afrin begins, Manbij to follow: Erdoğan

 

 

Turkish military operation into the northern Afrin province of Syria has physically begun on th ground, President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said on Jan. 20, speaking in central Anatolian province of Kütahya.

Turkish forces destroy PYD, PKK hideouts in Syria’s Afrin: Turkish Army

Hurriyet Daily News

Turkish military said on Jan. 20 it retaliated against the Democratic Uinion Party/ Kurdistan Workers’ Party [PYD/PKK] firings from Syria’s Afrin on Jan. 19-20, destroying shelters, hideouts.

72 Turkish Jets Bomb U.S.-Backed Kurdish Militias in Syria

 NYT > Turkey by By CARLOTTA GALL

Despite warnings from the United States, a defiant President Recep Tayyip Erdogan of Turkey vowed to crush the militias, which he described as a terrorist threat.

Syria: Turkey war planes launch strikes on Afrin

 BBC News | Europe | World Edition

 

 

Turkey launches air strikes on US-backed militants in Afrin, opening a new front in Syria.

Attack by Turkish forces on US-backed Kurds in Syria thought imminent

World news: Turkey | guardian.co.uk by Martin Chulov in Beirut, and Kareem Shaheen in Istanbul

 

Operation targeting ‘terror nests’ would risk inflaming tensions between Trump administration and Ankara

Turkish troops and tanks near the Syrian border are making final plans to attack the US military’s Kurdish partners inside northern Syria as tensions between Ankara and Washington near unprecedented levels.

U.S.-Backed Force Could Cement a Kurdish Enclave in Syria

NYT > Turkey by By ANNE BARNARD

 

The creation of a new military force in Syria raises fears of fighting among American allies and could draw the U.S. deeper into the conflict.