Istanbul, Turkey
– Turkey began it’s operation after over 2 weeks of military preparations. The Turkish military has launched its special forces, regular forces, Turkish-aligned Free Syrian Army rebels and air force towards the Syrian city of Afrin. The main objective is to control the city of Afrin and defeat the ‘Peoples Protection Units’ (YPG) force currently in the city as it represents a terrorist group for Turkey which has now built a large land holding on it’s borders. The YPG is a group associated with the ‘Kurdistan Workers Party’ (PKK) force in Turkey which has long since used terrorism in the fight against the Turkish state. In Syria the PKK cadres formed a new outfit, dubbed the YPG to defend the predominately Kurdish northern region of Syria from ISIS.Turkish Air Force has designated 150 targets that are currently being struck for the operation to continue. A shock and awe campaign is expected with Turkish backed Syrian rebels holding the territories after the end of the mission.The US armed and backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) which is predominately filled with YPG fighters has promised to fight Turkey as a result of this invasion and has exchanged artillery fire. However many analysts have mentioned that it is unlikely the SDF is able to stop the Afrin operation due to not being connected to that area by land. The areas the SDF hold and share a border with Turkey on are relatively at peace and the SDF risks bringing conflict to these areas if they use them as a staging ground to attack Turkey. It remains to be seen what the Coalition forces will do in light of this Turkish attack on the SDF. Turkey has initially mobilized Syrian rebel forces from both within Syria and from Turkey via the border crossing, backed by artillery and Turkish air force strikes on YPG positions. Turkey’s elite special forces are deployed with the rebels and a larger contingent is expected as night falls in Syria. Deployment size for entire Turkish military has not been disclosed and the operation length is expected to be short given the previous military engagement Turkey has had within Syria.Istanbul, Turkey (AL-SURA MEDIA) – Turkey began it’s operation after over 2 weeks of military preparations. The Turkish military has launched its special forces, regular forces, Turkish-aligned Free Syrian Army rebels and air force towards the Syrian city of Afrin. The main objective is to control the city of Afrin and defeat the ‘Peoples Protection Units’ (YPG) force currently in the city as it represents a terrorist group for Turkey which has now built a large land holding on it’s borders. The YPG is a group associated with the ‘Kurdistan Workers Party’ (PKK) force in Turkey which has long since used terrorism in the fight against the Turkish state. In Syria the PKK cadres formed a new outfit, dubbed the YPG to defend the predominately Kurdish northern region of Syria from ISIS.Turkish Air Force has designated 150 targets that are currently being struck for the operation to continue. A shock and awe campaign is expected with Turkish backed Syrian rebels holding the territories after the end of the mission.The US armed and backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) which is predominately filled with YPG fighters has promised to fight Turkey as a result of this invasion and has exchanged artillery fire. However many analysts have mentioned that it is unlikely the SDF is able to stop the Afrin operation due to not being connected to that area by land. The areas the SDF hold and share a border with Turkey on are relatively at peace and the SDF risks bringing conflict to these areas if they use them as a staging ground to attack Turkey. It remains to be seen what the Coalition forces will do in light of this Turkish attack on the SDF. Turkey has initially mobilized Syrian rebel forces from both within Syria and from Turkey via the border crossing, backed by artillery and Turkish air force strikes on YPG positions. Turkey’s elite special forces are deployed with the rebels and a larger contingent is expected as night falls in Syria. Deployment size for entire Turkish military has not been disclosed and the operation length is expected to be short given the previous military engagement Turkey has had within Syria.Decentralized exchange startup Radar Relay has announced that it has added support for the Ledger hardware wallet.In a post published Wednesday, the Øx order book provider announced the integration with Ledger, allowing people who use the hardware to transfer ether (the cryptocurrency of the ethereum network) or supported ERC-20-based tokens directly to another Ledger wallet.The move is notable as it marks one of the first instances where a decentralized exchange allows users to trade funds directly from one hardware – that is, physical – wallet to another. Radar Relay is already integrated with the browser-based wallet MetaMask.Ledger wallet owners can connect their devices to their computers, open their ethereum apps, and then use the Radar Relay app to send funds as needed. From there, users can choose their gas prices and tokens, and transfer their coins using the Radar app.
Thus far, the integration has won plaudits from some quarters of the cryptocurrency community. Responses to Radar Relay's announcement were primarily positive, with Twitter users calling the move "amazing" and "a glimpse of the future."Radar Relay is built on top of the 0x protocol, first introduced last year, which seeks to facilitate fee-less transactions on the ethereum blockchain. 0x formed as a non-profit, as well, in order to encourage users to begin using the protocol. In August, 0x raised $24 million in an initial coin offering (ICO).The move comes just under a month after RadarRelay raised $3 million in venture funding.