{"id":202844,"date":"2020-02-22T07:16:40","date_gmt":"2020-02-22T07:16:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/?p=202844"},"modified":"2020-02-24T07:15:13","modified_gmt":"2020-02-24T07:15:13","slug":"assad-forces-give-turkish-army-whipping-in-eastern-idlib","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/?p=202844","title":{"rendered":"Assad Forces Give Turkish Army Whipping In Eastern Idlib"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\">South Front \u2013 Feb 21, 2020<\/h1>\n<div align=\"center\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/southfront.org\/wp-content\/plugins\/fwduvp\/content\/video.php?path=https%3A%2F%2Fsouthfront.org%2Fassad-forces-give-turkish-army-whipping-in-eastern-idlib%2F&amp;pid=1870\" width=\"560\" height=\"320\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"auto\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><br \/>\n&#8212;<\/div>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">On February 20, the 2<sup>nd<\/sup> Army of NATO and its proxy forces once again failed to capture the village of Nayrab, eastern Idlib, from the Syrian Army. The Turkish attack involved 2 dozens of military equipment pieces, including battle tanks and artillery, over 200 Turkish soldiers and approximately 300 members of Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (formerly the Syrian branch of al-Qaeda) and other Turkish-backed groups.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">The Turkish attack started at approximately 13:00 local time under jeers of mainstream media regarding the nearing collapse of the Syrian defense and the Assad government under powerful strikes of the Turkish Army. By 14:00 local time, some Turkish supporters in twitter already concurred Aleppo city and were preparing to advance on Damascus.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">However, by 17:00 it appeared that the attack died out despite the massive rocket and artillery strikes and the participation of Turkish troops united their efforts against the Syrians with al-Qaeda. Turkish-led forces, supposedly Turkish troops, even launched a MANPAD at a Russian Su-24 warplane that came to provide a close-air-support to Syrian troops. After this, the Turkish Defense Ministry reported that 2 Turkish soldiers were killed and 5 others were injured in an airstrike.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">In keeping with the best traditions, the Turkish Defense Ministry a victorious statement claiming that 50 \u2018Assad troops\u2019 were killed, 2 Syrian battle tanks, 2 armoured vehicles, 2 armed pickups and a howitzer were destroyed. However, all what the Turkish side was able to demonstrate to confirm these claims were a few Hayat Tahrir al-Sham selfies from the vicinity of Nayrab. Turkish state media immediately declared that Turkish forces did not want to capture the village and just sent a message to the oppressive Assad regime.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">After this, the mighty Turkish Army requested Patriots systems from the United States in order to deter the Assad aggression in Idlib. There are two explanation:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">Ankara apparently missed news that Patriots deployed at in Saudi Arabia had repeatedly failed to protect its military infrastructure from missile and drone strikes by the Yemeni Houthis.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">The Erdogan government would like to see troops of the United States in Idlib alongside their Turkish and al-Qaeda counterparts.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">The Russian side officially confirmed that its warplanes supported the Syrian Army striking targets in Idlib. According\u00a0 to it, a battle tank, 6 armoured vehicles and 5 armed pickups were destroyed. Moscow says that Turkish artillery strikes injured 4 Syrian soldiers.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">February is coming to its end and the Turkish ultimatum demanding the Syrians to withdraw from the liberated areas is expiring. The inability of Turkish forces to recapture even a single village from the Syrian Army already became a powerful blow to the public image of the Erdogan government. Therefore, it\u2019s likely that the Turkish Army will continue their attacks in Idlib paying with own blood for neo-ottoman dreams of Erdogan and its inner circle.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">Your Assistance Is Critical To Keep SouthFront Alive! 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