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Министр нацобороны Акар: с 27 февраля ВС Турции успешно проводят в Идлибе операцию «Весенний щит»
... «На сегодняшний день были обезврежены 1 БЛА, 8 вертолетов, 103 танка, 73 гаубицы, три системы ПВО и 2 212 военных режима Асада», - заявил Акар. «У нас нет никаких намерений противостоять России. Наша цель – положить конец преступлениям режима и устранить радикализацию и предотвратить волну миграции. Турция ожидает от России влияния на режим Башара Асада с целью прекращения атак в Идлибе и отвода сил Асада за пределы зоны, определенной Сочинским соглашением», - заявил министр обороны Турции. Он заверил в том, что в рамках законного права на самооборону Турция незамедлительно ответит на любые атаки, направленные на турецкие наблюдательные пункты или позиции в Идлибе. «Нашей целью в рамках законного права на самооборону будут только военные и сторонники режима, атакующие наши войска», - подчеркнул Акар. ... |
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Syria says 2 warplanes downed by Turkey as tensions soar
... KASTANIES, Greece — Syria’s official news agency said two of its warplane were shot down by Turkish forces inside northwest Syria, amid a military escalation there that’s led to growing direct clashes between Turkish and Syrian forces. ... Greek officials said they arrested 66 migrants Friday, 17 of whom were sentenced to 3.5 years in jail for entering the country illegally. All Afghans, they were the first migrants sentenced for illegal entry since 2014. On Saturday, Greece arrested another 70 people who tried to cross the land border illegally. Stavros Zamalides, president of the local community in Kastanies, said Turkish soldiers were actively helping people cross the Greek border clandestinely. “Turkish soldiers with cutters in their hands were cutting the wires of the fence to lead the illegal migrants” into crossing the border, he said. “The attempt was thwarted by the intervention of our own patrol that happened to be passing that area on patrol at the time, and it repaired the damage in the fence,” he added. ... Turkey is a strong backer of the rebels in Syria’s Idlib province. But the presence of thousands of Turkish troops there has done little to stop Assad’s relentless campaign to seize the last rebel-held territories. Dozens of Turkish soldiers have been killed by the Russian-backed Syrian government forces around Idlib in recent days. Erdogan has warned of an “imminent” operation against Assad’s forces unless they pull back from Turkish lines in Syria by the end of February. As that deadline passed Saturday night, Turkish drones bombed Syrian government targets in Idlib, and Turkey-backed rebels shelled Syrian army positions. Fighting raged near the strategic town of Saraqeb as government troops sought to take it back from rebels, opposition activists and Syrian state-media said. The town, which lies on the Damascus-Aleppo highway, had changed hands several times in the last month. Turkey has lost 55 soldiers in Idlib in February, including 33 killed in an airstrike on Thursday, and now feels the need to respond strongly. Talks between Turkey and Russia, the main power brokers in Syria, have so far failed to defuse tensions. ... |
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Russia pledges to reduce tensions following Turkey talks
... Russia and Turkey are both committed to reducing tensions in Syria’s Idlib province, the Russian foreign ministry said in a statement Saturday. As tensions between Turkey and Russia surged this week, EU diplomats said their primary concern was a further escalation of the military conflict in the northern Syrian region, which is held by Ankara-backed rebel groups. Following three days of talks between Russian and Turkish officials in Ankara, the Russian foreign ministry said Saturday that “both sides confirmed their goal to reduce the tension on the ground,” but that they would continue military action. Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdoğan discussed the situation over the phone on Friday and agreed to hold a meeting soon, according to state news agency TASS. However, Erdoğan said Saturday he had asked Putin for Russia to step aside in Syria and leave Turkey “to do what is necessary” alone, according to Reuters. He also reiterated a promise made earlier this week by Turkish officials that the country would no longer stop migrants from entering Europe. “We will not close these doors ... Why? The European Union needs to keep its promises. We don’t have to take care of this many refugees, to feed them,” he said. A surge in migrant arrivals remains a concern for many EU countries, in particular frontline states. Groups of asylum seekers on Saturday continued to head toward Turkey’s borders with Greece and Bulgaria. Erdoğan reportedly claimed 18,000 refugees had gathered on the Turkish borders since Friday, and that number could reach 30,000 by Saturday. The European Commission said Friday it considered that the bloc’s migration deal with Turkey remained in place. The 2016 deal saw Turkey promise to work to block migrants from crossing into Europe, with the EU pledging €6 billion in aid. “From our point of view, the EU-Turkey statement ... still stands and we expect Turkey to uphold its commitments stemming from this statement,” a Commission spokesperson said. ... |
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Clashes as thousands gather at Turkish border to enter Greece
... The Kremlin said on Sunday that it hoped Vladimir Putin and Erdoğan would hold talks in Moscow on Thursday or Friday. Istanbul police released Mahir Boztepe, the editor-in-chief of the Turkish edition of Sputnik, the Russian news website, on Sunday. Boztepe had been held for two hours as part of what the Ankara public prosecutor’s office said was an investigation into whether Sputnik had been involved in “degrading the Turkish people, the Turkish state, state institutions” and “disrupting the unity and territorial integrity of the state”. ... |
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Институт нацпамяти превратил Шухевича в хипстера в кроссовках. Фото
... Украинский институт Национальной памяти опубликовал на своей странице в Facebook фотографии осовремененных украинских исторических персонажей. Среди них есть главнокомандующий УПА Роман Шехевич. ... 
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