FSA rebel fighters in northern Syria as Turkey continues Afrin offensive

Record ID: 991028

  • Title: FSA rebel fighters in northern Syria as Turkey continues Afrin offensive
  • Date: 26th January 2018
  • Summary: AZAZ, SYRIA (JANUARY 26, 2018) (REUTERS) MEMBERS OF TURKISH-BACKED FREE SYRIAN ARMY POLICE FORCES STANDING NEXT TO ARMOURED VEHICLE ON ROAD MEMBER OF FREE SYRIAN ARMY POLICE FORCES STANDING GUARD CLOSE-UP OF GUN IN POLICE'S HAND MEMBER OF FREE SYRIAN ARMY POLICE FORCES STANDING GUARD MEMBERS OF FREE SYRIAN ARMY POLICE FORCES STANDING NEAR ARMOURED VEHICLE EMBLEM READING (Turkish): "POLICE" AND (Arabic) "NATIONAL STATE SECURITY" POLICE MEMBER CLOSING HATCH ON ARMOURED VEHICLE MEMBER OF FREE SYRIAN ARMY POLICE FORCES STANDING GUARD ARMOURED VEHICLE DRIVING, MEMBERS OF FREE SYRIAN ARMY POLICE FORCES APPROACHING VEHICLE, ANOTHER MEMBER GETTING OUT OF VEHICLE OGULPINAR, TURKEY (JANUARY 26, 2018) (REUTERS) VARIOUS OF TURKISH ARTILLERY FIRING MULTI-ROCKET LAUNCHERS POSITIONED IN FIELD ARTILLERY FIRING
  • Embargoed: 9th February 2018 15:39
  • Keywords: Syrian city of Azaz Syria's Afrin Turkish artillery Operation Olive Branch Syrian Kurdish fighters Free Syrian Police
  • Location: AZAZ, SYRIA / OGULPINAR, TURKEY
  • City: AZAZ, SYRIA / OGULPINAR, TURKEY
  • Country: Syria
  • Topics: Conflicts/War/Peace,International/National Security
  • Reuters ID: LVA0017ZR1RGN
  • Aspect Ratio: 16:9
  • Story Text: Members of the Turkish-backed Free Syrian Army police forces were seen escorting a convoy near the Syrian city of Azaz on Friday (January 26) while Turkish artillery fired into Syria from Ogulpinar, as Turkey continues its offensive in Syria's Afrin into its seventh day.
    The Free Syrian Army (FSA) was created following Turkey's 2016 Euphrates Shield military operation, which aimed to eradicate what it called a "corridor of terror" on its Syrian border, made up by the dual threat of Islamic State and Syrian Kurdish fighters. The FSA rebel fighters are now being used in the offensive against the Kurdish YPG militia in Afrin, dubbed "Operation Olive Branch" by Ankara.
    Turkey considers the YPG a terrorist group but the militia has played a prominent role in U.S.-led efforts to combat the hardline Islamic State in Syria.
    On Friday, President Tayyip Erdogan said Turkish forces would sweep Kurdish fighters from the Syrian border and could push all the way east to the frontier with Iraq -- a move which risks a possible confrontation with U.S. forces allied to the Kurds.
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