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Kurds Signal Move to New Phase of Guerrilla War on Turkish Forces in Afrin – Reuters

Sun, 03/18/2018 - 12:24pm

Kurds Signal Move to New Phase of Guerrilla War on Turkish Forces in Afrin – Reuters

The Kurdish administration of Syria's Afrin region indicated on Sunday that Kurdish-dominated forces fighting Turkey-backed groups in the area will shift from direct confrontation to guerrilla tactics.

"Our forces are present all over Afrin's geography. These forces will strike the positions of the Turkish enemy and its mercenaries at every opportunity," Othman Sheikh Issa, co-chair of the Afrin executive council, said in a televised statement.

"Our forces all over Afrin will become a constant nightmare for them." …

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