Riding high off of his successful terrorist takeover of Syria, Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has just deployed Turkish military to NATO’s unofficial protectorate Kosovo.
On Sunday December 8, 2024, radical Islamist militants, led by terrorist army Hayʼat Tahrir al-Sham aka ‘HTS’ (al-Qaeda in Syria), overran Syria’s capital Damascus, as former President Bashar al-Assad fled the country to Moscow, and many members of the government and military fled to Latakia Province on the coast, and over the border to Iraq. The country quickly descended into a sectarian maelstrom, as militant gangs under the command of former ISIS deputy Al-Jolani.
The chief sponsor and facilitator of the Al-Qaeda/HTS armies in Syria’s Idlib province is Turkey and its leader Erdogan, who is hoping to rekindle some of its former Ottoman glory by constructing a client state in the beleaguered, war-torn country. It is believed that the toppling of Ankara’s archenemy Bashar al-Assad will increase Turkey’s regional influence and power.
The signs of more expanded activity are already visible, albeit via the NATO route…
Euro News reports…
NATO’s peacekeeping mission in Kosovo, KFOR, announced that Turkey’s army has deployed nearly 350 troops to this mission.
“They will replace the Italian units” in the Reserve Operational Forces, KFOR said.
The 350 soldiers, who are from the 65th infantry brigade, will carry out a series of activities “together with KFOR troops and will be involved in the response to any significant security developments”.
KFOR reiterated that it is capable of preventing any possible escalating danger “and facing any security scenario” according to the mandate that originates from Resolution 1244 of the United Nations Security Council.
NATO has increased its presence in Kosovo during 2023, after the increase in tensions in the north inhabited by a Serbian majority.
Currently, KFOR has over 4,400 military troops in Kosovo.
KFOR is the third security responder in Kosovo, after the Kosovo Police which is the first and after the European Union mission for the rule of law, EULEX.
The NATO mission is responsible for the security of Kosovo’s borders with Serbia, while the Kosovo Police is responsible for the rest of the border line.
READ MORE TURKEY NEWS AT: 21st CENTURY WIRE TURKEY FILES
ALSO JOIN OUR TELEGRAM CHANNEL
SUPPORT OUR INDEPENDENT MEDIA PLATFORM – BECOME A MEMBER @21WIRE.TV
