YPG supporters use fake chemical attack images to smear Turkey's cross-border military operation
The YPG sympathizers have been waging a world-wide smear campaign against Turkey's cross-border military offensive in northeastern Syria by sharing fake videos and images on social media platforms to mislead public opinion against "Operation Peace Spring" that was launched by Turkey-led forces on October 9 to clear Daesh and YPG terrorists off the planned "safe zone".
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- Anadolu Agency
- Published Date: 06:55 | 17 October 2019
- Modified Date: 07:14 | 17 October 2019
YPG/PKK supporters have stepped up social media smear campaigns against Turkey's ongoing anti-terror operation in northern Syria by posting fake photographs, videos and information to blame Turkey for using chemical weapons.
The YPG/PKK social media accounts publish photos -- taken at different places and times -- of the internationally prohibited bombs such as chemical and phosphorus bombs to blame Turkey, saying the bombs were used in northern Syria by the Turkish military.
Turkey on Oct. 9 launched Operation Peace Spring to eliminate terrorists from northern Syria in order to secure Turkey's borders, aid in the safe return of Syrian refugees, and ensure Syria's territorial integrity.
Ankara wants to clear northern Syria east of the Euphrates River of the terrorist PKK and its Syrian offshoot, the YPG.
On Thursday, Turkey's Defense Minister Hulusi Akar said Turkish military does not have any chemical weapons in its inventory, and added: "Everybody knows this fact."
He also warned that terrorist organization was preparing to use chemical weapons and to put the blame on the Turkish military.
One of those accounts shared a doctor's examination of a patient, by saying the Turkish military used a chemical weapon. In fact, the photo was taken in April 2017 after the Assad regime's chemical bombardment.
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