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Clashes between the Turkish-backed Syrian National Army (SNA) and the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) reignited in the eastern Aleppo countryside on January 23 and 24, with Ankara’s allies taking most of the casualties.
The clashes began with an attack by the SDF targeting positions of the SNA close to the towns of Abu Qalqal, Tell Arish, and Qalat Najm. The attack claimed the lives of five Turkish-backed fighters. Following the attack, the fighting moved to the vicinity of the Tishreen Dam on the Euphrates River, where another fighter of the SNA was killed.
The next day, the clashes expanded to the vicinity of the Karakozak bridge, also located on the Euphrates, with both sides exchanging artillery strikes.
On the same day, the SDF launched another attack against SNA positions near the towns of al-Hawshaiyah and Deir Hafer, killing at least nine fighters.
It’s worth noting that violent Turkish airstrikes hit the vicinity of the Tishreen Dam and nearby towns on January 23 and 24, with no reports of any casualties.
The clashes came amid reports of talks between the SDF and Turkey as well as the new government in Damascus, which is led by Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham that has not yet joined the battle against the United States-backed Kurdish-led group.
Commenting on the situation with the SDF, de facto Syrian leader Ahmed al-Sharaa said on January 23 that his government does not seek bloodshed with the group.
Sharaa said that the SDF was the only Syrian armed group to have not so far agreed to surrender its weapons to the new Syrian defence ministry. The leader added that he would dedicate time to negotiations with the Kurdish-led group.
“We are considering negotiating and sitting down with them. Our goal is to find a middle ground,” he said. “As is well known, the Kurdish people in that region did not even have citizenship rights in the past. Many injustices were committed in the past, especially during Bashar al-Assad’s former regime.”
The new Syrian defence minister, Murhaf Abu Qasra, told reporters earlier this week that his administration was open to talks with the SDF on their integration into the national army but stood ready to use force should negotiations fail.
Prior to that, SDF’s leader Mazloum Abdi said his forces would not disarm or dissolve, but underlined their willingness to join a unified future Syrian army via negotiations with the new Syrian defence ministry.
Overall, all sides appear to be making efforts to avoid an all-out conflict in northeastern Syria. Still, the deadly clashes in the eastern Aleppo countryside could get out of control.
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a little patience, this is just the prelude here. serious things will begin soon…
well hurry up then, by that time no sna mercenaries left. only in this report 15 sna bite the dust (while 0 on our side, despite having air superiority).
bonjour, le jour va arriver ou les americains devront choisir entre turs et kurdes! beaucoup vont ou n’auront peut etre pas le temps de pleurer
ils ont déjà choisi ! par rapport aux intérêts américains c’est la turquie qui est choisis d’avance. trump, ses sbires et ses maîtres n’ont plus vraiment d’intérêt en syrie. les sdf vont bientôt pleurer. je dis patience, c’est le calme avant la tempête.
when i was talking to you about propaganda regarding the dead, you’re head first in it. the kurds, you’ve discovered the secret of immortality, that’s it? i’ve already told you not to trust the death figures etc. of course you have deaths, you hide the figures and at the same time you show videos of the burial of your “martyrs”. where is the logic in that?
lol now u just copying what i said last time. u were the one who said 0 turks got killed while there are videos of captured turkish soldiers on telegram. there is literally confirmed videos. surely both side exaggerate the numbers but these are numbers from sohr which is pro “rebel” media and not even kurdish. the amount of videos of killed sna is way more. u can’t deny your side is suffering heavy losses.
theatre of operations.
i hope they kill each other, meanwhile the zionist thugs grab more syrian land.
“the one thing god hates above all sins and abominations is the hypocrite” you qualify. imo
really ? are we quoting god now ? for a troll -bot you are one ape-arsed cracker. in my opinion, of course. 💩💩💩🪠
who profits the most?
put anti-israel barking dog turkey out if nato sir. make nato great again sir. replace turkey with israel sir. promises made , promises kept sir.
put anti-israel barking dog turkey , erdogan out of nato sir. make nato great again sir. replace turkey with israel sir. promises made , promises kept sir.
the families destroyed for idealogy and greed is ……………