The preparation of the ground operation against Afrin

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Turkish armed forces has completed preparations for operations in respect of Afrin, which is under the control of the terrorist organization the people’s protection Units (YPG) / Kurdistan workers ‘ party (PKK), which for the last two years 17 times, fire was opened. ...

Whereas, in ‘ Afrīn lives of the civilian population, Turkey has identified 41 object [JB - sic] belonging to the PYD / PKK in the region. Given the fact that most of the inhabitants are Kurds, in the course of this operation, the Turkish armed forces will conduct public diplomacy regarding the Kurdish groups that do not belong to PYD. In the center of the plan of operation is to prevent the PKK / PYD has delivered support in Afrin. In this regard, with the aim of taking the line of the Afrin — Aleppo under the control of tel Rifat in Deir Jamal goes to some soldiers who were deployed to the region in the framework of the operation “shield of the Euphrates”. So it will be cut off logistics flow of the terrorist organization PKK / YPG. ...

According to the information obtained from the Russian diplomatic sources, during the talks, held in Ankara — Moscow in the future, the Afrin will be transformed into a stable region. To do this, like the zones of de-escalation, which previously agreed Russia, Turkey and Iran will use the experience of Idlib, where the Turkish and Russian troops will work together to provide security. It is reported that negotiations on this issue continue, but yet to get any results failed.