Turkish troops arrive at northern Aleppo to fight Kurds

YemenExtra

M.A.

Turkish Special Forces arrived, today, at northern Aleppo countryside to support its proxies in what might be a new crackdown against the Kurdish forces.

The reinforcements – greatly welcomed by local residents – were provided to back the Turkish-backed Euphrates Shield – a coalition of FSA-affiliated factions – expel the Kurdish combatants from Tal Rifaat and other nearby towns as battles between the two warring parties re-erupted recently.

Turkish President, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, has pledged to use force to drive out the Kurds from the towns and villages they had gained earlier, accusing them of ethnic cleansing against the indigenous Arab inhabitants.

Even though Turkey has officially announced the end of the Euphrates Shield Operation (aimed at securing the borders against the Kurds as well as Daesh), its proxies still have control over large swathes of territories along the borders to prevent both the Kurds and Daesh from threatening the Turkish national security.