Ebu Ahmed, a participant in the Turkish invasion of Afrin and an actor in the war crimes committed there, has been killed in an action. YPG sources have yet to make a statement.

HOW DID HE COME FROM LATAKIA TO AFRIN?

Ebu Ahmed was one of the field commanders of the First Coastal Division in the Latakia countryside under the Turkish state some two years ago. In December 2016, he told AKP mouthpiece AA (Anadolu Agency) that they “will take back our homes and villages”, in a threat to the Russian and Syrian regimes. Gang Commander Ebû Ahmed’s comments, “The intense aerial attacks have changed the way we live. Right now, we are forced to spend most of our time underground. We live in mud,” caught attention.

LEFT HIS OWN VILLAGES TO GO ATTACK KURDS

His appearance in Afrin lets us know that he has been “delivered from the mud” in Latakia by the AKP regime. Him leaving his “houses and villages” in Latakia to go attack homes, villages and cities of Kurds shows how vague and dubious the gangs’ motives are, and how much they align with Turkish state interests.