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A spokesman for the Kremlin welcomed the recent deployment of the Syrian Arab Army (SAA) around the northern city of Manbij after the supposed withdrawal of the Kurdish People’s Protection Units (YPG).
“No doubt, this is a positive step towards stabilizing the situation,” Dmitry Peskov said, according to the Russian news agency TASS.
The Russian official added that the expansion of the zone controlled by Damascus government troops forces is “a positive trend.”
The SAA’s step was also praised by Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman, Bahram Qassemi, who said that the step is essential to resolve the protracted crisis in the war torn country.
“Emphasizing the need to respect the national sovereignty and the territorial integrity of Syria, the Islamic Republic of Iran welcomes the rise of the Syrian national flag in the city of Manbij and regards it as an important step to consolidate the sovereignty of the legitimate government of Syria and a new step to resolve the crisis in the country,” Qassemi said in a statement, according to the Iranian Tasnim news agency.
Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan questioned the deployment of the SAA in Manbij and described it as a “psychological operation.” However, he stressed that Turkey will not intervene in the city, if Kurdish forces withdraw for real.
Manbij is now witnessing one of the tensest stand-offs in the history of the Syrian war. While Turkey and its proxies are massing around the strategic city, many units of the SAA, Kurdish forces, local forces, US forces, Russian forces and even French forces are holding onto their positions inside Manbij and around it.
Turkey vs saa/pkk will see how they will stand up for the upcoming punch.
moursaladmaj why
Finally we got a wedge in between Turkey and Russia/Iran. Now Turkey is with us, a better partner than the lousy Kurds, and US won the game again……………..LOL.
yeah US won by withdrawing its forces from the region.
In the actual bigger picture, the US has lost its regime change war against Syria – and was merely, grimly, hanging on to US illegal occupation sites in east Syria out of sheer belligerence – and to maintain the chaos – but in reality, the US lost their war against Syria way back in 2015, when Russia intervened and began systematically rolling back the militants gains. Why else do you think the Neo-Cons and Pentagon are so infuriated with Russian actions in Syria?
While all eyes turn to Manbij, others who would do them harm approach from a different direction, I hope not all the Kurdish eyes are turned towards Manbij, it’s a big country with a long border.