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Yeni Şafak English
January 28, 2018
Syria's armed opposition launched an operation Monday against Assad regime controlled regions around Turkmen Mountain in Latakia governorate, said its commander.Speaking to Anadolu Agency, Jabal al-Islam Commander Zahir Abu Usama said Russia is “intensely attacking Idlib”.“In order to alleviateÃâà...
Yeni Şafak English
December 19, 2017
Colonel Ahmet Arnavut, the former commander of the Second Coastal Department of Turkmen Mountain, said 51 Turkmen settlements were occupied in the Lattakia countryside as part of the U.S.-PKK joint project, and that the terrorists first looted and then demolished hundreds of houses and businesses.
Anadolu Agency
July 12, 2017
At least ten people were killed in a regime artillery shelling in the northwestern Latakia province on Wednesday, according to a local source. The shelling targeted opposition-held areas in the Turkmen Mountain (Jabal al-Turkman) region, the source said on condition of anonymity due to safety fears.
Hurriyet Daily News
July 6, 2017
In addition, it should be emphasized that Islamist circles in Turkey partly approve of the HTS since it didn't carry any attacks in Turkey and especially due to its participation in a battle in the Turkmen Mountain where it fought along with Turkmen forces against al-Assad. There are also many IslamistÃâà...
Sputnik International
June 16, 2016
Due to this, the territory around Turkmen Mountain was under full control of Syrian government troops. After liberation, Daesh terrorists fled to Turkey, some of them continue to hide in the region. With the liberation of Turkmen Mountain, which is an important strategic point because of its proximity to theÃâà...
Middle East Eye
February 16, 2016
According to aid groups who have been funnelling aid to rebel areas, scores of potential recruits now want to go to the Turkmen Mountain, a border area in Syria's Latakia province, to help native Turkmen under growing threat from Russian air strikes and government advances. Between 250 and 500Ãâà...
Anadolu Agency
February 3, 2016
One of the slain Russian generals, identified only as "Yuri", was reportedly coordinating regime attacks in Turkmen Mountain, the sources added. In a statement issued later in the day, the Russian Defense Ministry confirmed death of one Russian officer in Syria but did not mention his name or rank.
War on the Rocks
January 21, 2016
The Turkmen are an ethnically Turkic and Turkish-speaking minority inside Syria, primarily clustered in the eastern Aleppo countryside and a section of coastal Latakia province called Jabal al-Turkman (Turkmen Mountain), both of which abut the Turkish border. “Turkmen have been driven from their homesÃâà...
BBC News
November 24, 2015
The Turkmen are ethnic Turks who have lived in the region of Syria, Iraq and Iran since the 11th Century. They are mainly concentrated in the north, in the Turkmen Mountain area in Latakia close to the Turkish border, as well as in Aleppo, Idlib, Homs, Tartus and the Damascus region. There are no reliableÃâà...
Hurriyet Daily News
November 20, 2015
The agency cited local sources as saying that regime forces, with the support of Russian air strikes, conducted simultaneous attacks on the Fırınlık, Acısı, and Avanlı regions of the Turkmen mountain area near the border city of Kasab. Ankara has traditionally expressed solidarity with the Syrian Turkmen,Ãâà...
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