Militants of the National Front for Liberation (NFL) are shelling Syrian Arab Army (SAA) positions in northern Hama with Turkish-made mortar cannons, a video released by opposition activists on May 31 revealed.
الجبهة الوطنية للتحرير للتحرير بدات بعمل ضخم على محور ريف حماة الغربي ادخل وتابع اخبار المعركة لحظة بلحظة ومن قلب الحدث pic.twitter.com/fF4m3OMLzF
— أخبار المناطق المحررره أدلب _سهل الغاب _جبل شحشبو (@OiWvORYIwM1Myzj) May 31, 2019
The mortar was identified as HY-12, a copy of the French MO-120-RT [Mortier de 120mm Rayé Tracté Modèle F1]. These mortars are manufactured by Turkey’s MKEK. The 120mm mortar has a range of more than 8km and can fire 6-10 rounds per minute.
This was not the first time when this type of mortar was used by Turkey’s proxies to shell government-heled areas. In 2016, the so-called Suqour al-Sham Brigades shelled residential areas in the towns of Nubl and al-Zahraa with a Turkish-made HY-12 mortar.
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According to a recent report by the Reuters news agency, Turkey has resumed its weapon supplies to “mainstream Syrian rebels” to help them fend off the ongoing SAA military operation in northern Hama.
The continued Turkish support for these militants, despite their repeated violations of the de-escalation agreement, raises serious questions about Ankara’s real plans for northern Syria.
Seriously, it is time to STOP calling these cowardly mofos “militants”, because in reality they are Turkeys sponsored headchoppers intent on causing mayhem for no purpose. Militants are usually kids who throw rocks at Zionist banks in Paris or crack eggs on racist politicians heads, not some Wahhabi scum low lives chopping heads for their Jew masters.There is no way on earth these ugly arseholes will ever get near Damascus, let alone hang on to the last terror enclave of Idlib. It is time to drop some bunker busters on their sorry arse!
Death to all of them
Stupid Turkey
What questions are there about Turkey that haven’t been answered already in the last 7 years? Turkey supports terrorists/jihadists because they are a tool for Turkoid imperialist interests. This was always the case and it will not magically change, Erdogan and his layer of shit will not suddenly just become good or even neutral guys, they are evil to their core and can’t change.
120mm mortars are taken directly from NATO inventory and is an open violation of international law. Turkey is playing a very dangerous game in supporting the most despicable terrorists with modern sophisticated weaponry. It is also supplying night vision equipment directly from German stocks. The US vassal occupied Germany is now the second largest illegal NATO foreign presence in Syria.
Assad and Putin don’t mind the presence of Coalition Forces and US support for the Kurds/SDF. It’s been keeping Turkey and Iran in check, led to the destruction of ISIS east of the Euphrates at no cost to Damascus and has allowed the return of civil order so the agricultural sector is back in operation and the Russians can go about repairing the oil and gas fields.
Well said.
Hey Russia, don’t tell me that Russia did not know anything about this. Of course, but Russia continue pleasing Turkey (NATO member). Russia must stop pleasing Turkey (NATO member) and must support ground troops offensive at Idlib.
pieces of shit, i hope SAA found and vaporized this location
Back in June last year all parties US/Israel, Arab league/most EU countries, all said that Assad could remain in power, only Erdogan refused. Erdogan is the only obstacle to peace for Idlib, and yet Putin is cooperating with him, it just drives me insane, but even worse than that, Putin’s new ally Erdogan, also gives the rebels weapons to use against the Russians too, how is that not treasonous I wonder. Is that logical, I don’t think so, it’s insane.