Syria’s northwestern Aleppo town of Afrin has become the second largest training camp for the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) terror organization after its main base in Qandil, Iraq. Over 20,000 terrorists have received training in Afrin’s terror camps of Bulbul, Deir Jmeil, Maydanki and Kafar Jenneh.
Afrin, which has been occupied by PKK terrorists since 2012, plays a critical role for the separatist organization that aims to create a corridor stretching from Qandil to the Mediterranean Sea.
Rural Afrin, which spans across 360 towns spread over 8,500 square kilometers, is distinguished for being the PKK terrorist organization’s largest stronghold.
Some 20,000 trained terrorists occupy Afrin, where they operate in complete autonomy in aspects of education, taxing, economy, trade and military service.
An administration from Qandil, made up of 150 members, is responsible for making decisions on every issue in Afrin.
A PKK terrorist, codenamed Renas, was assigned to Afrin from Qandil in 2012, where he agreed with Bashar al-Aassad’s uncle, Jameel al-Assad, to found a structure in the region, with Western backing that has since been growing every day.
Despite the U.S.’s insistence that the PYD is not linked to the PKK terror organizations, PYD terrorists have hung large posters of ringleader Öcalan on Bulbul Mountain, where the second largest terrorist training camp is located.
The poster, which is 50 square meters large, overlooks Afrin, and all terrorists swear allegiance to ringleader Öcalan in front of the poster upon completing their training.
Efforts have begun to form civilian and military bodies made up from Türkmens, Arabs and Kurds by the thousands who were forced to flee their homes in Afrin under threat from PKK terrorists.
The process aims to organize victim populations of the PKK-occupied regions on political and military levels with support from Turkey.
Councils formed by PKK victims will play an important role in ending the occupation of the PKK terror organization.
The PYD terror organization is erecting large towers at a number of positions on the border with Turkey and Syrian opposition-held regions.
Towers have been built with U.S. backing in the regions of Sewarra, Kafar Hasir, Qalaat Samaan, Der Ballout, Burj Haydar, Gazzawiye and Beshmara.
Additionally, PYD terrorists have dug over 10 underground tunnels in Maydanki, Kafar Jenneh and Rajo.
Reinforcements of weapons, munitions and fighters continue to be summoned to Afrin from the Manbij- Ayn al-Arab axis, in preparation against Turkey’s planned intervention.
The PKK is listed as a terrorist organization by Turkey, the European Union and the United States.
The PKK has been conducting armed violence in the southeastern part of Turkey since 1984. More than 40,000 people, mostly civilians, have been killed in the three-decade long conflict.
