{"id":30808,"date":"2020-02-22T00:33:56","date_gmt":"2020-02-21T22:33:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/norkhosq.net\/?p=30808"},"modified":"2020-02-22T00:33:56","modified_gmt":"2020-02-21T22:33:56","slug":"turkey-sends-reinforcements-to-protect-isis-daesh-in-idlib-syria","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/norkhosq.net\/?p=30808","title":{"rendered":"Turkey Sends Reinforcements to Protect ISIS-Daesh in Idlib, Syria"},"content":{"rendered":"
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By Stephen Lendman<\/a><\/div>\n
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Global Research, February 12, 2020<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

Throughout nine years of preemptive US war in Syria, Turkey supported ISIS other jihadists, pretending otherwise.<\/em><\/p>\n

Earlier in the war, Ankara colluded with ISIS in transporting, refining and selling stolen Syrian oil \u2013 Erdogan and other regime officials profiting hugely.<\/em><\/p>\n

Evidence supplied by Kurdish sources in northern Syria showed \u201cdetailed invoices used by IS to calculate daily revenues from their oil fields and refineries, as well as the amount of oil extracted there,\u201d adding:<\/p>\n

\u201cAll the documents had Islamic State\u2019s symbol at the top.\u201d They showed ISIS \u201ckept very professional records of their oil business.\u201d<\/p>\n

Syrians forced against their will to aid ISIS\u2019 oil trade said \u201cextracted oil was delivered to an oil refinery, where it was converted into gasoline, gas and other petroleum products.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThen the refined product was sold. (I)ntermediaries from Raqqa and Allepo arrived to pick up the oil and often mentioned Turkey.\u201d<\/p>\n

According to a captured ISIS jihadist at the time, \u201cthe reason why it was so easy for him to cross the Turkish border and join IS was, in part, due to the fact that Turkey also benefitted.\u201d<\/p>\n

Ankara let anti-Syria jihadists move freely cross-border between both countries, giving them safe haven in Turkey.<\/p>\n

The Erdogan regime continues supporting these elements, using them to advance its revanchist aims in northern Syria.<\/p>\n

The same goes for the US, NATO, Israel and the Saudis \u2014 on the side of the devil in stark contrast to Russia and Lebanon\u2019s Hezbollah, aiding Damascus combat this scourge.<\/p>\n

In response to significant advances on the ground in Idlib by Syrian forces, Turkey beefed up its illegal cross-border presence.<\/p>\n

According to Lebanon\u2019s Al Mayadeen television, the Erdogan regime sent scores of tanks, armored vehicles, other military equipment, and accompanying troops into northern Syria \u2014 to aid jihadists against Syrian forces.<\/p>\n

On Monday, five Turkish soldiers were reported killed, others wounded by Syrian strikes on jihadists\u2019 positions.<\/p>\n

Southfront reported that al-Nusra terrorists in Idlib attacked Syrian forces, \u201csupported by Turkish rocket and artillery strikes.\u201d Retaliation by government troops resulted in Turkish casualties.<\/p>\n

Ankara and jihadists its supports are aggressors, Syrian forces involved in defending their homeland, combatting the scourge of terrorist invaders supported by the US and Turkey.<\/p>\n

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Al Qaeda\u2019s Idlib Stronghold: The Battle to Liberate Syria\u2019s Idlib Province from US Supported Terrorists<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

Claims by the Erdogan regime of delivering \u201cdevastating blows\u201d to Syria\u2019s army in Idlib are dubious, no evidence presented to support them.<\/p>\n

Besides significant earlier advances, government troops liberated the following villages on Monday: al-Qanati, Kafr Halab, Khirbat Jazraya and Miznaz \u2014 despite Turkish support for routed jihadists.<\/p>\n

In talks with their Turkish counterparts, Russian diplomats are trying to keep things from developing into more serious clashes.<\/p>\n

Ceasefires don\u2019t work. Whenever declared, US\/Turkish supported jihadists breach them straightaway \u2014 armed with heavy weapons supplied by these and other countries.<\/p>\n

Greatly aided by Russian airpower, Damascus is determined to eliminate jihadists in Idlib, their last remaining stronghold in the country.<\/p>\n

According to AMN News on Tuesday, government troops \u201csurround(ed) a strategic Turkish\u2026observation\u201d post in Saraqib, Idlib \u2014 a former major jihadist stronghold in the country liberated last week.<\/p>\n

A Syrian soldier was quoted saying: \u201cAll the observation points are completely surrounded by the Syrian Arab Army.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Turks tried to withdraw from Tell Toqan towards Tavtanaz and Bab Al-hawa.\u201d<\/p>\n

AMN News said Syrian forces began \u201cencircling Turkish observation posts (in) August 2019 (after) recaptur(ing)\u201d jihadist-held areas.<\/p>\n

Following Saraqib\u2019s liberation, Turkey began beefing up its military presence in Idlib to aid jihadists combat government forces.<\/p>\n

Last week, Russia\u2019s UN envoy Vassily Nebenzia noted during a special Security Council session on Syria that whenever government forces achieve significant advances, these sessions are called for by the US and\/or its imperial allies \u2014 urging ceasefire to halt Syrian liberating efforts, noting:<\/p>\n

These \u201cmeetings are convened at the moment when terrorists in Syria are under threat, and the Syrian government reinstalls control over its national territory.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cLet me remind that those are terrorists recognized as such by the Security Council.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWe talk about sovereign territory of Syria and about militants that it is the right and duty of any government to fight with.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cIn December 2019 (and) January 2020, (US\/Turkish supported jihadists) launched over 1,400 attacks\u201d on\u00a0 government forces and residential areas, \u201cus(ing) tanks, machine guns, mortar and artillery bombardments\u201d \u2014 weapons supplied by the US, other Western countries and Turkey.<\/p>\n

Nebenzia quoted Pompeo saying: The Trump regime \u201ccondemns the continued, unjustifiable, and ruthless assaults on the people of Idlib by (Syria), Russia, Iran, and Hezbollah.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cLet me clarify,\u201d said Nebenzia. \u201cIdlib is not a country. It is Syria\u2019s governorate\u2026Syrian nationals\u201d held hostage by terrorists as human shields.<\/p>\n

Iranian military advisors are in Syria, not frontline combat troops.<\/p>\n

The US, Britain, France, Turkey, Israel, the Saudis, and their allies actively support anti-Syria jihadists.<\/p>\n

Government troops, Russia, and Hezbollah forces are committed to defeating them.<\/p>\n

Preserving and protecting Syrian sovereignty and territorial integrity depends on liberating Idlib and areas controlled by US and Turkish occupiers.<\/p>\n

Enemies of peace and stability, their presence in Syria represents a flagrant UN Charter breach \u2014 what establishment media never explain, supporting what demands denunciation.<\/p>\n

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Award-winning author\u00a0Stephen Lendman<\/strong> lives in Chicago. He can be reached at\u00a0lendmanstephen@sbcglobal.net<\/a>.\u00a0He\u00a0is a Research Associate of the Centre for Research on Globalization (CRG)<\/em><\/p>\n

His new book as editor and contributor is titled \u201cFlashpoint in Ukraine: US Drive for Hegemony Risks WW III.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

http:\/\/www.claritypress.com\/LendmanIII.html<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

Visit his blog site at\u00a0sjlendman.blogspot.com<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n

The original source of this article is Global Research<\/div>\n
Copyright \u00a9 Stephen Lendman<\/a>, Global Research, 2020<\/div>\n
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