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THREAD: While not one of the factions (officially) involved in Operation Olive Branch, Turkish-backed hardline Islamist group Ahrar al-Sham has been mentioned in reports on Afrin since at least May 2018. I've pieced together the little I could on their presence below (1/10)pic.twitter.com/cY8Zmv1gH5

Turkish jets are also in the air, and tracking @coalition flights along their side of the border.pic.twitter.com/QOWmvoofu5

Constant @coalition air presence throughout the 'security mechanism' area into the night today, from Manbij to Ayn Issa to Tel Abyad, plus earlier ground patrol, following Turkish President Erdogan's latest invasion threats.pic.twitter.com/kzNut8eMCl

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This is how Erodang's Jihad army treat people whom they accuse of being PKK members; threatening them with murder and forcing them to declare themselves Muslim. English subbed. Video via @PapaGilgo #DefendAfrin #Unite4Afrin #StopAfrinGenocide #ErdogansWarOnAfrinpic.twitter.com/XTyS9owiAR

The prevalence of putting Saddam’s posters on car windows as a provocation to the Kurdish population in #Afrin #Syria #Rojava #Turkey #Violations #Terrorism @syriahr @hrwpic.twitter.com/dKtiXblq7j

الاحتلال التركي يواصل هدم المواقع الأثرية يواصل جيش الاحتلال التركي وفصائله المسلحة / المرتزقة هدم الأوابد والمواقع التاريخية وكذلك المزارات الدينية في منطقة عفرين، حيث وثقت #شبكة_نشطاء_عفرين آثار التخريب المتعمد لمزار الكرد الإيزيديين في قرية فقيرة الإيزيدية والتي هُجر أهلها++pic.twitter.com/zm3HHeJJjJ

Turkey-backed Syrian rebels openly boast of planning to settle their families in Kurdish villages of Afrin: "We will bring our families and possessions and put them in these villages" English subtitled. #Afrin #EverywhereAfrinpic.twitter.com/yryZJAnm4G

#WarningGraphic Afrin Now reports Mohamed al Atar from Qusayr has been tortured to death in the prisons of Faylaq al Sham in Maidanki village of Efrîn. I show this pic as these daily horrible #TurkishWarCrimes may no longer be ignored by the world. #Act4Afrinpic.twitter.com/YN4YKHd7go

A leader among the Turkey-backed FSA in Northern Syria identified as abu-Hussein "head of Tel-Rifaat emergency" calls for the expulsion of Kurdish residents of Afrin & the sacking of any Kurds hired by rebel factions. Transcript for visually impaired at: https://steemit.com/syria/@mekut/fsa-leader-abu-hussein-calls-for-the-expulsion-of-all-kurds-aged-15-50-from-afrin-region-03-09-2018 …pic.twitter.com/Ydpricznv8

On December 10, 2018, two video fragments leaked of a man instructing Turkey-backed Syrian rebels on how to use a sticky bomb and an IED. The source alleges that the man is working for Turkish intelligence apparatus MIT, nicknamed abu-Imad. Transcript: https://steemit.com/dtube/@mekut/y18fjd1f … 1/2pic.twitter.com/UfWAv99FpI

Left: Ethnic cleansing project by Hafez Al Assad (Arab Belt) Right: Ethnic cleansing project by Recep Tayyip Erdoğanpic.twitter.com/Ot7fdssX3P

"They have tortured us brutally and then forced us to clean the toilets with our bare hands and nails, wanted us to do it with our tongues but we refused it". This is what happened in Sharan Police Department in #Afrin which is run by #Turkey and its militias.pic.twitter.com/juG0na6tIs

Turkish-backed FSA groups have destroyed another Yazidi shrine in Shadir (Sheikh al-Deir) village in Afrin. They have also defecated inside the shrine. https://www.google.com/maps/place/36%C2%B021'51.0%22N+36%C2%B049'29.0%22E/@36.3671562,36.8303153,209m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m5!3m4!1s0x0:0x0!8m2!3d36.3641667!4d36.8247222 … https://twitter.com/vdcnsyEnglish/status/1180440314991071232 …pic.twitter.com/7L9CJpQCRA