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Michael Probsting describes Idlib as "the last remainng liberated area". But the Turkish army has bases in Idlib, and much of the province is controlled by groups which are Turkish proxies. So Idlib as a whole is not "liberated". Probsting has in mind the part of Idlib controlled by HTS. It is a bit strange describing an area controlled by such a reactionary group, which is opposed to the democratic goals of the 2011 revolution, as "liberated". Probsting claims that the YPG has offered to join Assad's assault on Idlib. However the quotation he gives from an interview with Salih Muslim refers to "military operations against Turkish-backed militants in Idlib and Afrin", and says nothing about doing this jointly with Assad. The "Turkish-backed militants" are proxy groups which were used as auxiliaries in Turkey's invasion of Afrin - groups such as Ahrar al-Sham and Faylaq al-Sham. But at present the SDF is not in a position to do much about Idlib. Resistance continues in Afrin. There have been a few small scale actions in Idlib against groups involved in Turkey's occupation of Afrin. But the SDF is not in a position to seriously challenge the Turkish occupation of Idlib. Chris Slee ________________________________ From: Marxism <marxism-boun...@lists.csbs.utah.edu> on behalf of RKOB via Marxism <marxism@lists.csbs.utah.edu> Sent: Saturday, 4 August 2018 12:01:49 PM To: Chris Slee Subject: [Marxism] Syria: Towards the Final Battle in Idlib ******************** POSTING RULES & NOTES ******************** #1 YOU MUST clip all extraneous text when replying to a message. #2 This mail-list, like most, is publicly & permanently archived. #3 Subscribe and post under an alias if #2 is a concern. ***************************************************************** https://www.thecommunists.net/worldwide/africa-and-middle-east/syria-towards-the-final-battle-in-idlib/ -- Revolutionär-Kommunistische Organisation BEFREIUNG (Österreichische Sektion der RCIT, www.thecommunists.net<http://www.thecommunists.net>) www.rkob.net<http://www.rkob.net> ak...@rkob.net Tel./SMS/WhatsApp/Telegram: +43-650-4068314 --- Diese E-Mail wurde von Avast Antivirus-Software auf Viren geprüft. https://www.avast.com/antivirus _________________________________________________________ Full posting guidelines at: http://www.marxmail.org/sub.htm Set your options at: http://lists.csbs.utah.edu/options/marxism/chris_w_slee%40hotmail.com _________________________________________________________ Full posting guidelines at: http://www.marxmail.org/sub.htm Set your options at: http://lists.csbs.utah.edu/options/marxism/archive%40mail-archive.com
