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Syrian Turkmen Brigades, also called the Syrian Turkmen Army, (Turkish: Suriye Türkmen Ordusu/Cephesi) is an armed opposition structure of Syrian Turkmens and the military wing of the Syrian Turkmen Assembly, primarily fighting against the Syrian Armed Forces and Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) and regionally People's Protection Units (YPG). The military structure of Turkmens consists of several free or combined brigades, which are situated around Latakia, Aleppo, Homs, Al-Raqqah, Damascus, Idlib, Hama and Tartus.〔(Turkmen in joint battle 'for Syria democracy' ), AFP, 31 Jan 2013〕 Syrian Turkmen Brigades are associated with Syrian Turkmen Assembly, and they aim for a democratic Syria, and oppose Syria being divided after the collapse of the Ba'ath led government.〔Jamestown Foundation, Syrian Turkmen Join Opposition Forces in Pursuit of a New Syrian Identity, 30 May 2013, available at: http://www.refworld.org/docid/51ac74374.html (8 August 2013 )〕 Civilians along with Turkmen forces have been the target of heavy Russian bombing in 2015.〔(Who Are Syria's Ethnic Turkmen And Why Is Russia Bombing Them? Russian Plane Shot Down Over Turkmen Mountain Region )〕〔(Turkey condemns attack on Syrian Turkmen village, summons Russian envoy )〕〔(Russian raids repeatedly hit Syrian Turkmen areas, Moscow's data shows )〕 On November 24, 2015 a Russian Su-24 fighter was shot down by Turkish forces for allegedly violating Turkish airspace, near the Syrian border. The aircraft crashed on Syrian land. The two pilots ejected and were shot at in the air while using their parachutes by the Syrian Turkmen Brigades.〔(【引用サイトリンク】Turkey 'shoot down warplane on Syria border' )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】Turkey downing of Russia jet 'stab in the back' - Putin )〕 == Training by the Turkish Special Forces Command == On March 15, 2015, the official Turkmen governor of Mosul, Iraq before the ISIL took over the city, Esil Nuceyfi, recently stated and confirmed that the Turkish Special Forces Command, especially Maroon Berets and military specialists are training Turkmens both in Iraq and Syria. He reported the location of the training camps in Iraq as the Iraqi Turkmen Front and other Iraqi officials have reached on an agreement which allows the training of Turkmens by Turkey and creation of an official Turkmen Brigade under the Iraqi army which will be commanded by an Iraqi Turkmen, under the right to guarantee by the Republic of Turkey, nevertheless he didn't give out the location of Turkish camps in Syria which the Turkmens are being trained, stating that it still takes place unofficially and in a secret way.〔 He added that Turkish Forces are training the Syrian Turks to protect their settlements and to join the fight with Syrian Turkmen Brigades in those secretly located camps. Nuceyfi also gave more information saying that Turkish officials have told that military supplies and weapons will be sent to Turkmens in Iraq and Syria in the near future but he isn't acquainted about the exact amount and date. Later that day, Turkish 'officials' in Ankara, confirmed the statements of Esil Nuceyfi about the before and the positively promising future of the training of Turkmens both in Iraq and Syria . These were interpreted as important steps for the future of Turkmens both in Syria and in Iraq's Turkmeneli by the Iraqi Turkmen Front Member of Parliament Aydın Maruf.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Syrian Turkmen Brigades」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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