Russians aid Kurd fighters under attack
ACTION Russian SU-35 jet RUSSIAN forces in Syria have joined Kurdish troops to stave off a ground and air assault from Turkey.
Two of Moscow’s SU-35 warplanes chased off a marauding Turkish F-16 about to bomb Kurdish troops close to the border.
Syrian regime forces were also deployed to save the Kurdish from the threat of attack as President Assad wants Turkish forces out of his country.
Turkey has vowed to push back members of Syrian-Kurdish militia the YPG, part of the SDF who are backed by the West.
Turkish leaders view them as terrorists, and an extension of the banned organisation the PKK.
The PKK has fought for Kurdish autonomy in Turkey for three decades. Tyrone Mings celebrates England’s stand Southgate moves in THE neo-Nazi thugs who subjected England stars to a torrent of racist abuse have been a vile stain on Bulgarian football for 25 years.
Yet despite their history of violence, they were still allowed into a national stadium to peddle their hate, in front of millions of TV viewers around the world.
And campaigners have accused Bulgarian football chiefs of doing nothing to halt far-right infiltration of the game.
Witnesses even claimed some stewards were spotted removing their bibs before joining the thugs in their sick abuse of England’s black players during Monday night’s 6-0 drubbing of Bulgaria.
Calling themselves the Usual Suspects, the thuggish 50-strong Lauta Army mob arrived at Sofia’s Vasil Levski stadium on Monday night with only one thing in mind – boosting their sick notoriety.
And one Bulgaria player told how they deliberately abused Raheem Sterling, Marcus Rashford and Tyrone Mings with Borislav Mihaylov
At Bulgarian Football Union monkey taunts and Nazi salutes in a bid to get the match abandoned.
But the stars bravely continued, after two stoppages, to thump their opponents tin the Euro
2020 qualifier. England fans also revealed they were ambushed by yobs. Bolton supporter Theo Ogden, 18, from London, said: “As we walked into the dark streets away from the security of the stadium we realised the Ultras waiting for us.
“They were dressed in black like the yobs we’d seen doing Nazi salutes. A group came close to us then more appeared and we realised they were trying to head us off and we braced ourself for a kicking. It was terrifying.” Theo and his friends were only saved when a police car came to their rescue.
The Lauta Army, who follow Bulgarian were team Lokomotiv Plovdiv, is no secret organisation. It is so open about its violence and neo-Nazi ideals it has its own Facebook page, where brawls with other hooligans are planned.
The mob even claimed it had organised a battle with Three Lions fans in Sofia.
In the hours before the game, the Lauta Army posted a photo with the message: “In Sofia before Bulgaria England after the arranged meeting with two English clubs didn’t happen as the English didn’t stick to the agreement and