3 years on, YPG/PKK still occupying Syria's Tal Rifaat

AZAZ, SYRIA - FEBRUARY 15: Around 250,000 displaced residents of Syria’s Tal Rifaat are struggling to survive in camps set up along the Turkish border due to the three-year-long occupation of their city by the YPG/PKK terrorist group. In February of 2016, YPG/PKK terrorists captured Tal Rifaat -- located southeast of Afrin, which was then also under terrorist occupation -- with the help of Russian air support. By doing so, the terrorists hoped to consolidate their hold over the region between the east bank of the Euphrates River and western Afrin, thus linking all the territories under their control. However, the Al-Bab district, located between Tal Rifaat and Manbij, falls within the area liberated by Turkey’s Operation Euphrates Shield, rendering it impossible for the terrorists to link the two regions. Operation Euphrates Shield, which began in August of 2016 and ended in March of 2017, was aimed at ensuring security and eliminating the terrorist threat along Turkey's borders. During its initial occupation of Tal Rifaat, the YPG/PKK forced some 250,000 Arab residents of the city to leave their homes. For the past three years, therefore, many of these displaced people have been residing in the nearby city of Azaz, located adjacent to Euphrates Shield’s area-of-operations. "The only place to find shelter was Turkey," Amir Allito, a displaced Tal Rifaat resident, told Anadolu Agency while explaining why he and his family had had to flee their city. "We left Tal Rifaat amid Russian air attacks and attacks by land by the YPG/PKK," Allito recalled. “We didn’t know where to go; we reached the border by foot.” During his first year at the camp, Allito said, as many as 50 people had had to share a single tent.(Footage by Saher el Hacci/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images)
AZAZ, SYRIA - FEBRUARY 15: Around 250,000 displaced residents of Syria’s Tal Rifaat are struggling to survive in camps set up along the Turkish border due to the three-year-long occupation of their city by the YPG/PKK terrorist group. In February of 2016, YPG/PKK terrorists captured Tal Rifaat -- located southeast of Afrin, which was then also under terrorist occupation -- with the help of Russian air support. By doing so, the terrorists hoped to consolidate their hold over the region between the east bank of the Euphrates River and western Afrin, thus linking all the territories under their control. However, the Al-Bab district, located between Tal Rifaat and Manbij, falls within the area liberated by Turkey’s Operation Euphrates Shield, rendering it impossible for the terrorists to link the two regions. Operation Euphrates Shield, which began in August of 2016 and ended in March of 2017, was aimed at ensuring security and eliminating the terrorist threat along Turkey's borders. During its initial occupation of Tal Rifaat, the YPG/PKK forced some 250,000 Arab residents of the city to leave their homes. For the past three years, therefore, many of these displaced people have been residing in the nearby city of Azaz, located adjacent to Euphrates Shield’s area-of-operations. "The only place to find shelter was Turkey," Amir Allito, a displaced Tal Rifaat resident, told Anadolu Agency while explaining why he and his family had had to flee their city. "We left Tal Rifaat amid Russian air attacks and attacks by land by the YPG/PKK," Allito recalled. “We didn’t know where to go; we reached the border by foot.” During his first year at the camp, Allito said, as many as 50 people had had to share a single tent.(Footage by Saher el Hacci/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images)
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15 de febrero de 2019
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