Massive Turkish troops and factions gathering on the Manbij front. Turkish army puts everyone in combat readiness
Turkish Army Forces and Syrian National Army Forces are amassing at the boundary with SDF-Held Manbij Pocket
TFSA have shelled the city of Tel-Rifaat a while ago, no one was harmed.
The White House has invited senators to meet with @realDonaldTrump next week to discuss potential sanctions on Turkey
8 month agoSyrian refugees are being detained in Istanbul, reportedly for deportation
![Crackdown on Syrian migrants in Turkey: A woman today crying in Esenyurt after her son was stopped by Turkish police and taken [to be deported to Syria] for not having a temporary protection card, along with large number of other Syrian men. Before they go they're allowed to call families/see them/collect belongings.](https://turkey.liveuamap.com/pics/2019/07/19/21869814_0.jpg)
8 month agoCrackdown on Syrian migrants in Turkey: "A woman today crying in Esenyurt after her son was stopped by Turkish police and taken [to be deported to Syria] for not having a temporary protection card, along with large number of other Syrian men. Before they go they're allowed to call families/see them/collect belongings."
The MMC and TFSA have been in intermittent clashes around the village of Halwanji north of Manbij since late afternoon. TFSA groups are using technicals to fire upon MMC positions.
8 month agoVideo by iHA of the Turkish police looking for Syrians in Turkey and arresting them to deporting them later.
Turkish warplanes bombing PKK targets around the Christian populated village of Hêzankê eastern Duhok.
8 month agoThis is also Spindarê, the village that was bombed by Turkey yesterday. Turkey targeted a PKK car, wounded three PKK fighters in the car and three civilians on the side road. One civilian is a German citizen.
8 month agoKurdish party HDP confirms that the wanted man from Wednesday Erbil restaurant shooting Mazlum Dağ is the brother of @HDPgenelmerkezi MP @Dersimdagg from Diyarbakir
Iraqi Security Media Cell: Turkish aircraft violated Iraqi sovereignty when they struck area near Makhmur refugee camp and injured 5.
SDF General Commander Mazlum Abdi warns "if the Turkish army attacks us anywhere it will turn into a great war"
5 suspected militants were killed in air-assisted operation in Lice district of Diyarbakir
8 month agoTurkish army's jets have bombed the vicinity of the Martyr Rüstem Cudi Refugee Camp in Maxmur, Iraq last night, injuring two civilians. The attack started at 00:10 local time and at least 3 bombs were dropped.
Turkey Defence Minister Hulusi Akar @Msb_HulusiAkar warned: "Our fight against terror will continue with increasing determination until the last terrorist is neutralized and the blood of our dead will be avenged."
8 month agoTurkey Defence Minister Hulusi Akar @Msb_HulusiAkar said "flowing the evil attack in Erbil, we have launched the most comprehensive air operation on Qandil and dealt a heavy blow to the PKK terror organization destroying armaments positions, lodgings, shelters and caves"
8 month agoThe footage of Turkish bombardment in Makhmour, southern Erbil last night
8 month agoForty minutes ago, the airstrikes began in the Maxmur camp at least 10 airstrikes. One Struck the top of the neighborhood. Both reconnaissance and fighter planes fly over the camp. The Maxmur camp is a UN-supervised camp for 12,000 refugees.
Comprehensive Turkish warplanes strikes on PKK bases in Makhmour, southern Erbil. Massive bombardment ongoing.
Turkish air strikes on PKK positions in Makhmour camp south of Erbil. More than four warplanes hovering over the camp and reports of injuries.
Turkish aircraft are flying along the border. Their drones have not penetrated Syrian airspace.
Airstrikes reported at Makhmour refugee camp near Erbil. The camp hosts thousands of Kurds fled from Turkey
Turkish warplanes bombarded PKK camp in Makhmour, Southern Erbil.
8 month agoGreek ISR plane CL35 (Bombardier) departed from Athens and flying over EastMed now. Same time Turkish UAV TCB808 (possibly Bayraktar TB-2) flying over west of Cyprus.
8 month agoErbil Police Department is looking for Mazlum Dağ, 27 years old, from Diyarbakır. He is wanted as the prime suspect within the scope of the attack investigation in which a diplomat was killed in Erbil.
"The previous administration made some very big mistakes" with regard to Turkey, adds @POTUS.
US looking at sanctions on Turkey but no decision made, says @POTUS in Oval Office.
Trump just said he is not looking at sanctioning Turkey right now over it's purchase of the S-400 Russian Missile defense system
8 month agoTurkish warplanes bombarded a PKK vehicle near Spindar village, Amedi. The villagers found three PKK guerrillas were hiding inside a school and were using a Pickup car. They were beaten and threatened not to return to civilian areas.
