Tässä jutussa näkökulma miksi myös maltillisen linjan FSA-porukka on mukana Turkin operaatiossa. Aluehan on siis aivan sekaisin arabi ja kurdi-kyliä sekä näiden sekoituksia.
Turkey’s plans to create a safe zone in northern Syria will increase the standing of its Syrian allies, who still dream of revolution.
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“We really need the safe zone for the civilians,” Abdul Naser Jalel, a division commander of the Free Syrian Army, said in an interview in the southern Turkish town of Gaziantep near the Syrian border. “A big part of the people will go back to their houses and their lands and we are preparing for that.”
"The group’s true size is unclear, but it claims to have 30,000 to 40,000 fighters, a collection of rebel faction.."
"Mr. el-Skeif acknowledged that abuses had occurred in Afrin. He attributed them to revenge because the Kurdish-led forces have occupied Arab towns and villages, ousting members of the Free Syrian Army from their homes. "
“Now it is a fight for land, not for freedom and dignity as before,” said Fares Bayoush, a former senior commander of the Free Syrian Army who worked closely with American military and intelligence officials and had to flee attacks from Hayat Tahrir al-Sham.
“A Kurdish minority is ruling the majority,” Mr. al-Skeif said. He complained that they had been fighting the dictatorship of Mr. al-Assad only for it to be replaced by the personality cult of Mr. Ocalan"
“We were studying Assad’s life in university, and now they are studying Ocalan in schools and universities.."
"Mr. Jalel pulled up photos on his cellphone of 52 new recruits at his training base last week in Jarabulus to show the continued public support for the rebel army. The army recruits were 18- and 19-year olds who have grown up in the tented camps of displaced people that surround the town. "
“As long as we have the civilians and a free army, with a small piece or a small town of Syria, we will liberate all of Syria again,” he said.
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