“SDF” raised the regime’s flag in Tal Rifaat… and an unprecedented escalation in Manbij
Ankara: Saeed Abdel Razek – Idlib: Firas Karam – Qamishli: Kamal Sheikho
As violent clashes erupted between the Ankara-backed “Syrian National Army” faction and the “Syrian Democratic Forces” (SDF), in the eastern countryside of Aleppo, Turkey informed the United States yesterday of its commitment to taking the necessary measures against the “terrorist organizations” that threaten its security. The nationalist party, confirming its adherence to launching a military operation to establish a “safe zone” on its border with Syria.
Turkish Deputy Foreign Minister Sedat Unal told the United States’ permanent representative to the United Nations, Ambassador Linda Thomas Greenfield, that the threat of terrorist attacks has increased from the area of control of the “Syrian Democratic Forces” in northern Syria, adding that Turkey cannot be expected to remain indifferent about these attacks. And about pushing the separatist agenda in the region.
The Turkish Foreign Ministry said in a statement yesterday that Unal assured the US diplomat that Ankara will continue to take the necessary measures against “terrorist organizations” that threaten Turkey’s vital national security interests.
Meanwhile, the countryside of Manbij city and the frontlines in its western countryside witnessed an unprecedented escalation between the forces of the “Manbij Military Council” (affiliated with the “Syrian Democratic Forces”) and the armed Syrian factions loyal to Turkey. An opposition leader explained that “the national army factions and the Turkish forces are determined to carry out the military operation and defeat the (SDF) forces.” He pointed out that “the Syrian Democratic Forces raised the regime’s flag on the Mara’anaz, Ain Digna and Tel Rifaat fronts, north of Aleppo, in a propaganda that they handed over the area to the regime, with the aim of protecting it” from the Turkish attack.
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