{"id":57800,"date":"2019-10-09T15:00:08","date_gmt":"2019-10-09T23:00:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cogwriter.com\/news\/?p=57800"},"modified":"2019-10-10T06:56:42","modified_gmt":"2019-10-10T14:56:42","slug":"turkey-begins-assault-in-syria-plus-made-a-deal-with-russia-to-bypass-swift","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cogwriter.com\/news\/prophecy\/turkey-begins-assault-in-syria-plus-made-a-deal-with-russia-to-bypass-swift\/","title":{"rendered":"Turkey begins assault in Syria, plus made a deal with Russia to bypass SWIFT"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Turkey began a military assault in northern Syria:<\/p>\n

October 9, 2019<\/p>\n

A planned Turkish military operation in northern\u00a0Syria<\/a> has now begun, the country’s president announced Wednesday, as Kurdish fighters say warplanes are already bombing civilian areas in the region.<\/p>\n

President Recep Tayyip Erdogan tweeted that the maneuvers being carried out against Syrian Kurdish forces …<\/p>\n

A\u00a0small group of Turkish\u00a0forces first entered northeastern Syria Wednesday morning near the towns of Tal Abyad and Ras al-Ayn,\u00a0Bloomberg<\/a>\u00a0reported.\u00a0Turkey’s state-run Anadolu\u00a0news agency later said Turkish artillery units have been\u00a0shelling suspected Syrian Kurdish targets in Tal Abayd, while two mortar shells fired from Ras al-Ayn struck the Turkish border town of\u00a0Ceylanpinar. No injuries were reported in the latter attack.<\/p>\n

The developments come after the Kurds called on their people Wednesday to move toward the border with Turkey and \u201ccarry out acts of resistance. …<\/p>\n

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov accused Washington of playing “very dangerous games” with the Syrian Kurds saying that the U.S. first propped up the Syrian Kurdish “quasi-state” in northeastern Syria and is now withdrawing its support. https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/world\/turkey-syria-kurdish-troops-military-assault<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

After getting criticism for making statements that sounded like the he was abandoning the Kurds to Turkey in northern Syria (see US looks to be betraying Kurds as it permits Turkey to advance in Syria<\/span><\/a>), Donald Trump warned Turkey against taking certain steps in the region:<\/p>\n

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As I have stated strongly before, and just to reiterate, if Turkey does anything that I, in my great and unmatched wisdom, consider to be off limits, I will totally destroy and obliterate the Economy of Turkey (I\u2019ve done before!). They must, with Europe and others, watch over…<\/p>\n

\u2014 Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) October 7, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n