ALERT 22 Syria rebels hit by IS chemical attack: Turkey army

[Housecarl]

I fully expect the Turks to use this as an excuse for a full invasion.....

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22 Syria rebels hit by IS chemical attack: Turkey army

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Provided by AFP The Turkish army is backing pro-Ankara Syrian rebels in an unprecedented incursion aimed at rooting out Islamic State (IS) jihadists from the border area

Twenty-two pro-Ankara Syrian rebels were hit by a chemical gas attack from Islamic State (IS) jihadists in northern Syria, the Turkish army said on Sunday.

"After a rocket was fired by Daesh (IS), 22 opposition members were observed to have been exposed in their eyes and bodies to chemical gas," the general staff said in a statement, quoted by the state-run Anadolu news agency.

It said the attack happened in the area of the village of Khaliliya, east of Al Rai in northern Syria.

Turkish media said that the affected Syrian fighters were brought over the frontier to the Turkish border town of Kilis by teams from Turkey's AFAD emergencies agency.

The reports said that the Turkish emergency workers were equipped with special chemical suits to protect themselves. The Syrians were brought to the main hospital in Kilis where they are currently undergoing treatment.

Television pictures showed some of the Syrians being transferred on stretchers to the hospital, with the emergency workers dressed in full-body white protective clothing and gas masks.

The Turkish army is backing the Syrian fighters in an unprecedented incursion aimed at rooting out IS jihadists from the border area and also ensuring there is no Kurdish militia presence.

In a three-month operation, the rebels have so far captured the IS stronghold of Jarabulus, cleared IS from Al Rai and retaken the symbolically important town of Dabiq without much resistance.

With Turkish support, they are now pressing to take Al Bab from the jihadists in an advance that appears to be taking more time and encountering greater opposition.

 

[Housecarl]

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World News | Sun Nov 27, 2016 | 3:30am EST

Syria attack causes 'chemical gas' symptoms in rebels: Turkish media

A rocket attack by Islamic State militants in northern Syria caused symptoms of "chemical gas" in 22 Syrian rebels, state media cited the Turkish armed forces as saying on Sunday.

The attack targeted Turkey-backed rebels who have been besieging the Islamic State-controlled town of al-Bab for days. Al-Bab is a major target in the "Euphrates Shield" operation to push the jihadists away from the Syrian side of the Turkish border.

The Turkish military said the rocket attack was in Syria's Haliliye area, according to state-run Anadolu agency. It did not specify when the attack occurred.

Media reports said Turkish AFAD emergency relief teams had conducted various tests on the affected rebels for traces of chemical materials at a hospital in Turkey's border province of Kilis.

(Writing by Daren Butler; Editing by Louise Ireland)

 

[Jez]

The really hard part is trying to verify the validity of the story. Turkey, at the moment, has a leader with questionable reputation and could be blowing smoke just to justify his position.

 

[Trouble]

Oh boy, if that's true, we might be seeing a real escalation coming soon. A NATO member going head to head against a Russian ally with Russian combat troops on the ground. Reminds me of the thread I saw here a day or two ago about how a nuke exchange went down.