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The Syrian Arab Army (SAA) continues to deploy reinforcements in areas held by the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) in northern Syria.
On July 16, the army deployed six 2S1 Gvozdika 122 mm self-propelled howitzers and some 200 troops in the area of al-Awsajli near the town of Manbij in the northern Aleppo countryside. The reinforcements arrived in a convoy that was escorted by Russian military helicopters.
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The Soviet-made Gvozdika howitzer has an effective firing range of more than 15 kilometers and can fire up to five rounds per minutes.
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Manbij is one of two towns named by President Recep Tayyip Erdogan as the main targets of any new Turkish military operation against the SDF in northern Syria, with the other town being Tell Rifaat that is also located in the northern Aleppo countryside.
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In response to Turkey’s threats, the SAA expanded its military presence around the two towns in the last few weeks under a new agreement with the SDF.
The SAA presence in SDF-held areas is meant to deter Turkey. The SDF hopes that army troops will fight side by side with their fighters and provide the fire power needed to stop any new Turkish operation. In a recent press conference, the group’s Commander-in-Chief, Ferhat Abdi Sahin, said that the Turkish military and its proxies will not be facing the SDF only, but also the SAA.
Russia has already warned Turkey that a new operation against the SDF could lead to a military confrontation with Damascus. A Russian-Iranian-Turkish meeting will be held in Tehran on July 19, where President Vladimir Putin and President Ebrahim Raisi will reportedly try to persuade President Erdogan to abandon his military plans.
SDF must side with Assad not biden or else bear the consequences for betraying Assads demands!
SAA and SDF don’t have strength to defend against Turkey alone.
But Russia will bomb against Fsa if they attack
They will use those Sunni-Wahhabi-pro-Zionist terrorists to send a message to what can happen to Zelenskyy and his cannon fodders once Russia takes the gloves off.
Yes but will they?
A CIA plane carrying weapons from US puppet Jordan has crashed in Greece or was sabotaged causing massive explosions even two hours after the crash. The AN-12 was registered to a CIA front airline that is pushing Soviet era weapons into Ukraine from US puppets like Jordan and Egypt.
Egypt doesn’t support Ukraine just saying.
Nice….more Bayraktar canon fodder.
I’ll tell you what I’d really like to see in the very near future….15 or 20,000 heavily armed, battle hardened Chechens enter the Syrian arena. There’s going to be some roasted Turkeys, extra crispy American hamburgers and burned ISIS shish kebabs laying all over the ground in Syria.
Chechens are pro-Turkish nation.
the Greek Jens Hole…….
The Italian basement dweller
yeah yeah blah blah blah speedy Gonzales
Go go Godzilla!!!!
Lol Russian equipment is obsolete against bayraktar, the war in Ukraine proved it. more Turkey other weapons and drones as powerful.
an interesting thing too if Southfront is aware of the deployment of these weapons then certainly Turkey too. all weapons should already be guarded.
Lol. 2 the NATO army has not been able to win back a small piece of land and Kurds in ak47 sandals for how many years. Who are you threatening
Lol … there is a difference between a conventional army and a guerrilla. in Turkey the PKK threat is almost over, only crumbs remain. then we talk about Syrian territory which is not Turkish territory. Turkey is not seeking to invade northern Syria otherwise it would have done so without any problem. it seeks to protect its border by creating a security zone. all of its operations in Syria ended successfully. so what are you talking about?
All i see in ukraine is little turkish drones getting blown out of the sky like a joke!
Ukraine has advanced ZERO meters since feb 24. ZERO.
Your little drone wont change that.
Sdf are the queers of syria,why trust libby liars.
Russian Airforce didn’t even shoot down any Bayraktar TB2 or TAF F-16’s in Idlib 2020 operation and still SAA captured Saraqib and kicked out TSK before the ceasefire. Things different now. RUAF will be shooting down any bayraktar attacking SAA/SDF, lots of experience gained in Ukraine. FSA will be blown to shreds by RUAF if they attack. Turkey will fail like in Idlib :)
With Russian Army/SF deployments on frontlines in Manbij/Tal Rifat/Ayn al Arab, that means any TSK/FSA attack will be met with immediate RUAF retaliation. Last time we saw how SU-34’s obliterated an entire Turkish Army convoy in just one bombing run with KAB-1500L 50 TSK turned to Kabob.