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The group claims to have been founded following the Turkish invasion of Afrin, backed by an assortment of rebel groups. The group has been active since mid summer, 2018, and has carried out dozens of assassinations and bombings against Turkish-backed rebel forces.<ref>[https://anfenglish.com/news/wrath-of-the-olive-hits-fatih-sultan-mehmet-gang-29679 “Wrath of the Olive hits Fatih Sultan Mehmet gang”], ”[[Firat News Agency]]”</ref><ref>[http://www.hawarnews.com/en/haber/wrath-of-olives-conducted-special-op-against-gang-commander-h3274.html “Wrath of Olives conducted special op against gang commander”], ”[[Hawar News Agency]]”</ref> As the group has vowed to kill not just [[Turkish Armed Forces|Turkish soldiers]] and [[Syrian National Army|allied Syrian militants]], but all who cooperate with the pro-Turkish forces, it and another anti-Turkish insurgent faction (the “Afrin Falcons”) have been described as “[[death squad]]s”. Middle East security analyst Nicholas A. Heras has argued that the Wrath of Olives operations room and the Afrin Falcons were formed as [[front organization]]s of the [[People’s Protection Units|YPG]], as the latter “is under pressure from the [[United States]] to disassociate itself from the most controversial assassinations in Afrin.”<ref name=”rejects”>{{cite web |url=http://www.kurdistan24.net/en/news/c598314c-abb4-4468-a0a0-66e336661b32 |title=YPG rejects involvement in attacks by mysterious groups in Afrin |author=Wladimir van Wilgenburg |work=[[Kurdistan 24]] |date=22 August 2018 |accessdate=29 August 2018}}</ref> Similarly, the pro-Syrian government [[al-Masdar News]] described the group as “YPG sleeper cell”.<ref name=”ambush”>{{cite web |url=https://www.almasdarnews.com/article/ypg-carry-out-powerful-ambush-against-turkish-backed-rebels-in-afrin-video/ |title=YPG carry out powerful ambush against Turkish-backed rebels in Afrin (video) |author= |work=[[al-Masdar News]] |date=2 October 2018 |accessdate=21 November 2018 |archive-date=22 November 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181122011119/https://www.almasdarnews.com/article/ypg-carry-out-powerful-ambush-against-turkish-backed-rebels-in-afrin-video/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> |
The group claims to have been founded following the Turkish invasion of Afrin, backed by an assortment of rebel groups. The group has been active since mid summer, 2018, and has carried out dozens of assassinations and bombings against Turkish-backed rebel forces.<ref>[https://anfenglish.com/news/wrath-of-the-olive-hits-fatih-sultan-mehmet-gang-29679 “Wrath of the Olive hits Fatih Sultan Mehmet gang”], ”[[Firat News Agency]]”</ref><ref>[http://www.hawarnews.com/en/haber/wrath-of-olives-conducted-special-op-against-gang-commander-h3274.html “Wrath of Olives conducted special op against gang commander”], ”[[Hawar News Agency]]”</ref> As the group has vowed to kill not just [[Turkish Armed Forces|Turkish soldiers]] and [[Syrian National Army|allied Syrian militants]], but all who cooperate with the pro-Turkish forces, it and another anti-Turkish insurgent faction (the “Afrin Falcons”) have been described as “[[death squad]]s”. Middle East security analyst Nicholas A. Heras has argued that the Wrath of Olives operations room and the Afrin Falcons were formed as [[front organization]]s of the [[People’s Protection Units|YPG]], as the latter “is under pressure from the [[United States]] to disassociate itself from the most controversial assassinations in Afrin.”<ref name=”rejects”>{{cite web |url=http://www.kurdistan24.net/en/news/c598314c-abb4-4468-a0a0-66e336661b32 |title=YPG rejects involvement in attacks by mysterious groups in Afrin |author=Wladimir van Wilgenburg |work=[[Kurdistan 24]] |date=22 August 2018 |accessdate=29 August 2018}}</ref> Similarly, the pro-Syrian government [[al-Masdar News]] described the group as “YPG sleeper cell”.<ref name=”ambush”>{{cite web |url=https://www.almasdarnews.com/article/ypg-carry-out-powerful-ambush-against-turkish-backed-rebels-in-afrin-video/ |title=YPG carry out powerful ambush against Turkish-backed rebels in Afrin (video) |author= |work=[[al-Masdar News]] |date=2 October 2018 |accessdate=21 November 2018 |archive-date=22 November 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181122011119/https://www.almasdarnews.com/article/ypg-carry-out-powerful-ambush-against-turkish-backed-rebels-in-afrin-video/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> |
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T. Schmidinger told [[Al-Monitor]] that the label ”Wrath of Olives” has been interpreted as a reference to claims that Turkey appropriated Afrin’s formerly lucrative olive harvest. During Afrin’s occupation Turkish-aligned groups destroyed large numbers of olive trees, pressured farmers to sell their produce at very low prices, and removed or confiscated local olive-oil presses.<ref>{{Cite journal |date=March 2019 |title=ROJAVA: THE LAST BASTION OF ISIS FALLS, TURKEY STILL THREATENING |url=https://www.institutkurde.org/en/publications/bulletins/pdf/408.pdf#:~:text=They%20are%20the%20YPG%2C%20Ghadab%20al%2DZaitoun%20(Wrath%20of%20Olives)%20and&text=responsibility%20for%20almost%20220%20attacks%20carried%20out%20between%20late%20March%202018%20and |journal=Institute Kurde de Paris}}</ref> |
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The Wrath of Olives operations room is among the most active insurgent groups in Afrin, along with the YPG and the Afrin Liberation Forces.<ref name=”monitor”>{{cite web |url=https://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2019/03/afrin-human-rights-turkey-fsa-war-crimes.html |title=Turkey faces growing Kurdish insurgency in Syria’s Afrin |author=Amberin Zaman |work=al-Monitor |date=4 March 2019 |accessdate=6 March 2019}}</ref> |
The Wrath of Olives operations room is among the most active insurgent groups in Afrin, along with the YPG and the Afrin Liberation Forces.<ref name=”monitor”>{{cite web |url=https://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2019/03/afrin-human-rights-turkey-fsa-war-crimes.html |title=Turkey faces growing Kurdish insurgency in Syria’s Afrin |author=Amberin Zaman |work=al-Monitor |date=4 March 2019 |accessdate=6 March 2019}}</ref> |
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The Wrath of Olives (Kurdish: Xezeba Zeytûnê, Arabic: غضب الزيتون, romanized: Ghadab al-Zaytun) operations room is an insurgent group that is active in Turkish-controlled areas of northern Syria.[3]
The group claims to have been founded following the Turkish invasion of Afrin, backed by an assortment of rebel groups. The group has been active since mid summer, 2018, and has carried out dozens of assassinations and bombings against Turkish-backed rebel forces.[4][5] As the group has vowed to kill not just Turkish soldiers and allied Syrian militants, but all who cooperate with the pro-Turkish forces, it and another anti-Turkish insurgent faction (the “Afrin Falcons”) have been described as “death squads“. Middle East security analyst Nicholas A. Heras has argued that the Wrath of Olives operations room and the Afrin Falcons were formed as front organizations of the YPG, as the latter “is under pressure from the United States to disassociate itself from the most controversial assassinations in Afrin.”[2] Similarly, the pro-Syrian government al-Masdar News described the group as “YPG sleeper cell”.[6]
T. Schmidinger told Al-Monitor that the label Wrath of Olives has been interpreted as a reference to claims that Turkey appropriated Afrin’s formerly lucrative olive harvest. During Afrin’s occupation Turkish-aligned groups destroyed large numbers of olive trees, pressured farmers to sell their produce at very low prices, and removed or confiscated local olive-oil presses.[7]
The Wrath of Olives operations room is among the most active insurgent groups in Afrin, along with the YPG and the Afrin Liberation Forces.[8]
The group primarily wages a guerrilla campaign against the Turkish-backed forces in the countryside, using ambushes and bombings,[6][1] often striking in the night.[8] Unlike the YPG forces in Afrin, the Wrath of Olives operations room also carries out kidnappings, executions, and assassinations against Turkish-backed militants and civilians who collaborate with Turkish forces.[2][3][8] For example, the group reportedly attempted several times to kill Hasan Åžindi, a member of the Turkish-backed Afrin Council until he fled for Europe in August 2018.[3]
