BEIRUT: The Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) said the Turkish army had falsely claimed that Daesh is present in the Afrin region of northwestern Syria that is being targeted in a Turkish offensive, accusing it trying to mislead global public opinion.
“The whole world knows Daesh is not present in Afrin,” Redur Xelil, a senior SDF official, told Reuters. The Turkish military said on Tuesday that at least 260 Syrian Kurdish YPG and Daesh militants had been killed in its Afrin operation.
Xelil said the Turkish military was greatly exaggerating the number of SDF and YPG casualties. He confirmed YPG and SDF fighters had been killed, but declined to say how many. He also said the SDF had killed tens of Turkish forces and allied Free Syrian Army fighters, but said he did not have a precise figure.
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SDF: Turkey lying with claim that Daesh is in Afrin
SDF: Turkey lying with claim that Daesh is in Afrin
UN chief ‘gravely concerned’ by West Bank control measures
- Secretary-General Antonio Guterres says current trajectory on the ground is eroding prospect for two-state solution
NEW YORK: United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres is “gravely concerned” by new Israeli measures to tighten control of the West Bank and pave the way for more settlements in the occupied Palestinian territory, his spokesman said Monday.
“The Secretary-General is gravely concerned by the reported decision of the Israeli security cabinet to authorize a series of administrative and enforcement measures in Areas A and B of the occupied West Bank,” said Guterres’s spokesman Stephane Dujarric.
“He warns that the current trajectory on the ground, including this decision, is eroding the prospect for the two-State solution.”
“The Secretary-General is gravely concerned by the reported decision of the Israeli security cabinet to authorize a series of administrative and enforcement measures in Areas A and B of the occupied West Bank,” said Guterres’s spokesman Stephane Dujarric.
“He warns that the current trajectory on the ground, including this decision, is eroding the prospect for the two-State solution.”
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