Western media prefers to ignore the facts-on-the-ground and opt for a fantasy version of events
Russia destroys Turkish truck convoy headed for Syrian militants -- Erdogan silent
РОССИЯ УНИЧТОЖИЛА ТУРЕЦКИЙ КОНВОЙ, НАПРАВЛЕННЫЙ БОЕВИКАМ В СИРИЮ. ЭРДОГАН МОЛЧИТ
Translated
from Russian by Tom Winter
With
additional photos supplied by Fort Russ
Last
night (November 25) the first photos and video came up of the
destroyed Turkish convoy that arrived in the militant-controlled city
of Azaz.
First, some photos:
Well,
all in the same spirit, some information about what kind of city is
this, and why is this news you need to focus on. The town Azaz is
located in the north of Syria, almost on the border with Turkey.
The city is a hub, where Turkish aid (weapons, ammunition, drugs,
rations etc.) are dumped off. Then with all his "help"
they begin to disperse it to other cities under militant control,
as well as camps and fortified places.
Map.
Azaz is circled in red:
As
you can see, it's about five km from the Turkish border. Speaking
of buffer zones, Turkey was expecting to make this city an absolute
springboard, out of reach of Syrian army strikes. It did not
happen. But until today, due to the remoteness of the Syrian army
from it, as well as a number of geopolitical reasons, attacks were
not mounted on this city.
But
today the Russian air force eliminated an entire column of trucks
loaded with supplies intended for the militants, there since
yesterday. In any other comparable situation, the Turkish
government and Erdogan in person, would have complained of Russia
bombing trucks laden with Humanitarian Aid, but now, they can't
afford to.
Thus
Russia continues wiping out all objectives near the Turkish border,
utterly ignoring the interests of Turkey (previously observed). It
can now be affirmed that Turkey no longer is getting cheap oil, the
militants can't get normal supplies, and border crossings by
Turkish vehicles will be stopped by strikes from the Russian Air
Force.
Since
yesterday, Russia has been mounting massive air and artillery
strikes (with the Syrian army) in the border areas with Turkey. And
it means the destruction of the supply infrastructure, which was
established by Turkey in these years of the war in Syria.
P.S. We learn from the Turkish press that 20 trucks were destroyed, seven killed, and 10 were injured by the strikes and the consequent fires
Translated
from Russian by Tom Winter
With
additional photos supplied by Fort Russ
Last
night (November 25) the first photos and video came up of the
destroyed Turkish convoy that arrived in the militant-controlled city
of Azaz.
First, some photos:
Well,
all in the same spirit, some information about what kind of city is
this, and why is this news you need to focus on. The town Azaz is
located in the north of Syria, almost on the border with Turkey.
The city is a hub, where Turkish aid (weapons, ammunition, drugs,
rations etc.) are dumped off. Then with all his "help"
they begin to disperse it to other cities under militant control,
as well as camps and fortified places.
Map.
Azaz is circled in red:
As
you can see, it's about five km from the Turkish border. Speaking
of buffer zones, Turkey was expecting to make this city an absolute
springboard, out of reach of Syrian army strikes. It did not
happen. But until today, due to the remoteness of the Syrian army
from it, as well as a number of geopolitical reasons, attacks were
not mounted on this city.
But
today the Russian air force eliminated an entire column of trucks
loaded with supplies intended for the militants, there since
yesterday. In any other comparable situation, the Turkish
government and Erdogan in person, would have complained of Russia
bombing trucks laden with Humanitarian Aid, but now, they can't
afford to.
Thus
Russia continues wiping out all objectives near the Turkish border,
utterly ignoring the interests of Turkey (previously observed). It
can now be affirmed that Turkey no longer is getting cheap oil, the
militants can't get normal supplies, and border crossings by
Turkish vehicles will be stopped by strikes from the Russian Air
Force.
Since
yesterday, Russia has been mounting massive air and artillery
strikes (with the Syrian army) in the border areas with Turkey. And
it means the destruction of the supply infrastructure, which was
established by Turkey in these years of the war in Syria.
P.S. We learn from the Turkish press that 20 trucks were destroyed, seven killed, and 10 were injured by the strikes and the consequent fires
From RT -
©
IHH Humanitarian Relief Foundation / Facebook
A
Turkish convoy, which according to some reports was transporting
weapons to terrorist organizations, has been hit by apparent
airstrikes in northwestern Syria.
Footage
released online by the Istanbul-based Humanitarian Relief
Foundation
(IHH) shows plumes of smoke from the burning trucks and people
running about in panic. At least 20 trucks were engulfed in flames.
The
mission, however, wasn’t sponsored or organized by the IHH, the
group said. No organization has as yet confirmed that the convoy
belonged to them.
Our
teams helped to extinguish the fire... The trucks do not belong to us
and there is no information on who bombed them," Mustafa Özbek,
an official from İHH, told Reuters.
At
least seven people were killed and 10 injured in the incident,
according to the Turkish Anadolu agency. The trucks were reportedly
heading to the town of Azaz in northwestern Syria.
Since
the news emerged, media has been furiously speculating about who was
behind the attack, what the trucks were transporting, what the
convoy’s humanitarian mission was, or maybe it was carrying a more
sinister load.
One
of the aid workers who survived the incident said the trucks had been
deliberately targeted, Reuters reported.
The
nature of the ‘humanitarian aid’ is also in question. Turkish
media and the IHH say the trucks were transporting humanitarian aid
to refugees in Azaz.
However,
the Turkish Cumhuriyet newspaper cited sources close to the Syrian
government saying the convoy was delivering weapons to terrorist
organizations.
The
Hawar news agency reported that Turkey repeatedly sent convoys with
arms to the Al-Nusra Front and other terrorist organizations under
the guise of humanitarian aid.
Reports
on Twitter went further – they identified the arms as allegedly
“Docka machine guns” and “small arms with ammunitions.”
In
the wake of the recent downing of a Russian Air Force bomber over
Syria by Turkish fighter jets, some reports suggested the Russians
were “avenging” the pilot’s death. Many media outlets thought
it was the work of Vladimir Putin.
Anadolu
cited ‘Syrian opposition sources,’ who claimed that Russian jets
attacked the convoy.
Other
sources suggested the airstrikes were carried out by Syrians, without
specifying whether it was members of the Syrian Army loyal to
President Bashar Assad, or one of the various Syrian rebel groups.
Neither
Turkish, nor Russian authorities have yet commented on the incident.
However, before the Azaz incident Tayyip Erdogan commented on an
event that took place in 2013, when a Turkish security service convoy
was stopped on the way to the Bayırbucak region in northwestern
Syria. The Turkish president said: “If there were any weapons, then
what? And if there weren't, what would change?”
Georgia-Russia checkpoint turns away trucks with Turkish registration
Russian
border guards at the checkpoint of "Kazbegi –Upper Lars"
haved blocked the passage to Russia via Georgia following the transit
of trucks with Turkish plates, according to the correspondent of the
newspaper LOOK in Georgia with reference to the news Agency
"Pirveli". According to the Agency, hundreds of trucks on
the border with the Georgian side have accumulated.
Vehicles with other number plates have been allowed to pass through.
According
to drivers of vehicles with a Turkish registration, the Russian
border guards do not explain the reasons for the refusal, however,
they attribute the fact that relations between the two countries are
going through a difficult time after the attack by Turkish jets on
the Russian plane in Syria.
Officials
in Tbilisi are yet to comment. The checkpoint is in the mountains,
temperatures are low, weather conditions are difficult.
RETRIBUTION: Turkish convoy supplying moderate beheaders destroyed by Russian airstrikes in Syria
According
to Turkish press 20 trucks were destroyed, seven people killed, and
10 were injured by the strikes and the consequent fires in Azaz.
Video: Interview with ISIL members captured by YPG
Interviews
with ISIL members captured by the YPG (People’s Defense Units, the
armed forces of the government of Rojava, the Syrian Kurdistan), that
have been fighting ISIL since 2013. From a 2015 report in Israel’s
Channel 1, edited by Binyamin Edelman.
[…]
— Where’s the money coming from?
— Saudi
Arabia, Turkey… we get plenty of support.
— Weapons
too?
— Everything
is coming from abroad. Support, weapons, money, everyhing.
— Do
you like Saudi Arabia?
— Yes,
why wouldn’t we like them?
— And
Turkey?
Yes,
we like Turkey. Why wouldn’t we like them? They sent us everything
we needed. Even doctors. […]
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