{"id":14912,"date":"2018-03-03T18:47:07","date_gmt":"2018-03-03T18:47:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/armytimes\/uncategorized\/2018\/03\/03\/turkey-tightens-grip-on-syrian-kurdish-enclave\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T19:04:19","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T19:04:19","slug":"turkey-tightens-grip-on-syrian-kurdish-enclave","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/armytimes\/flashpoints\/2018\/03\/03\/turkey-tightens-grip-on-syrian-kurdish-enclave\/","title":{"rendered":"Turkey tightens grip on Syrian Kurdish enclave"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">BEIRUT \u2014 Turkey\u2019s prime minister says Turkish troops have captured a strategic village in the Kurdish-held enclave in northwestern Syria, tightening the grip on the area in the sixth week of its offensive on the area.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Prime Minister Binali Yildirim says Turkish soldiers cleared Rajo in Afrin district of \u201cterrorists.\u201d He says the Kurdish fighters have been pushed back from the border with Turkey and are now surrounded in Afrin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Yildirim was speaking at a rally in the central Konya province.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/flashpoints\/2018\/03\/03\/us-and-russia-clash-over-blame-for-syria-chemical-attacks\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"157\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP_18061475834290.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">US and Russia clash over blame for Syria chemical attacks<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">The United States and Russia are again clashing over an expert body to determine responsibility for chemical weapons attacks in Syria, with Washington circulating a new draft U.N. resolution and Moscow moving toward a vote on its own proposal.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said fierce clashes were still being reported in Rajo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"628\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/GettyImages-923811742.jpg.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-32488\" srcset=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/GettyImages-923811742.jpg.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/GettyImages-923811742.jpg.jpg?resize=300,157 300w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/GettyImages-923811742.jpg.jpg?resize=768,402 768w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/GettyImages-923811742.jpg.jpg?resize=1024,536 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Kurdish People&#8217;s Protection Units (YPG) military police members demonstrate with their flags in the Kurdish town of Al-Muabbadah in the northeastern part of Hassakah province on February 24, 2018, denouncing the Turkish military operation against YPG forces in the northwestern Kurdish enclave of Afrin. 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