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- On December 17, artillery of Turkish-backed forces shelled SDF positions north of Tal Tamar;
- On December 17, artillery of Turkish-backed forces shelled SDF positions near Ain Issa;
- On December 18, SAA artillery shelled positions of Turkish-backed forces in Kafr Nouran;
- On December 17, three SDF members were killed due to clashes in north of Tal Tamar;
- On December 17, an ex-rebel was assassinated by unknown gunmen in Athman;
- On December 17, ISIS attacked an SDF position near Dhiban;
- On December 18, two SAA members were killed by an IED blast near Dibsi Afnan.
With the Lira collapsing, Turkey is going to be out of the game soon. It takes money to buy beans, bullets, and fuel. Their money won’t buy dirt now. That may simplify the situation in Syria by reducing the Turkish support for the Takfiri. If Assad can regain control of Idlib and his Turkish border, that reduces the problem to just the Kurds and the illegal US occupation at Al Tanf.