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Turkey’s proxies in Syria had established a joint operations room to coordinate an upcoming offensive on the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), the New Arab reported on June 12 citing sources in the Turkish-backed Syrian National Army (SNA).
According to the London-based newspaper, all SNA factions placed their militants on high alert and are now awaiting Turkish orders.
The Turkish military and its proxies, mainly represented by the SNA, has been preparing for a new operation against the SDF since May. In a recent speech, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said that the main targets of the operation will be the towns of Tell Rifaat and Manbij in the northern countryside of Syria’s Aleppo.
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SNA sources told the New Arab that the first phase of the upcoming operation will target Tell Rifaat and 40 nearby villages.
While the newspaper sources speculated that the operation will began in around a week, Turkish media sources have been claiming that military actions will start within just 72 hours.
The Syrian Arab Army (SAA) maintains presence in Tell Rifaat and Manbij. In the last few weeks, the army deployed large reinforcements, including heavy weapons, near the two towns. Syrian President Bashar al-Assad hinted in a recent interview that the army could intervene in support of the SDF, despite criticizing the group.
Russia, who fears that a new Turkish operation against the SDF could worsen the humanitarian situation in Syria, has been also taking measures to deter Ankara. These measures included the deployment of fighter jets, attack helicopters and air defense systems in some SDF-held areas.
Despite the threat of a serious confrontation with the SAA, which is backed by both Russia and Iran, Turkey appears to be determined to go on with its military plans in Syria.
- Turkish Army Intervenes To End Clashes Among Its Proxies In Syria’s Aleppo
- Turkish Forces Destroy Key Kurdish Post In Syria’s Manbij With Guided Missile (Video)
I’m sure Uncle Scam will sanction the hell out of Turkey for this invasion.
Or maybe not.
US could now use this situation to lash Turkey out of NATO and allow Sweden/Finland to join..
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You guys don’t understand the region’s geopolitics. The US is completely onboard with Turkey. All the anti-NATO BS you hear from Erdogan are just empty talks designed for internal consumption. In the background the US has agreed with Turkey to invade northern Syria in exchange for Turkey accepting Sweden/Finland joining NATO.
The day Turkey closes US military bases in its territory, officially leaves NATO, and closes Israel’s embassy in Ankara is the day you can actually believe Turkey is acting independently from its US and Israeli masters.
Turkey will destroy gulen/soros genders,thats the truth,nothing you or cia can do about it! sdf are isis and kurd allies,they are the enemies of turkish economy,money talks lgbtq walks!
Usa can’t do sht!
Proti Kurdom
Good for Turkey,bad for democrappa sdf spastics!
CIA PAID FUNDED—ISIS somewhat more moral and civilized than head chopping amerikan hyenas
Daesch = demons under control of Jews, the larger demons.
It would help a lot if Erdogan realized that Aleppo is in Syria and that the Turkeys are about as welcome in Syria as are the US military. That trespassing SOB should be taken down if he isn’t going to play by the rules. I wonder when Russia is someday going to demonstrate to the Turkeys how effective Russian artillery is? I be there are a number of Russian fighter pilots who would like to destroy the Turkish Air Force as well. The memory of Oleg Peshkov lives on and the farce that his Su-24 “invaded” turkish airspace for over a minute is well known. At the most it would have been 15 seconds and obviously not an invasion of turkey warranting an attack. Air to air missiles can cross an invisible line in both directions as I hope the Turkeys find out the hard way.
ACORDING WIKI:
Size 50,000 personnel
1,248 aircraft 308 Fighter aircraft 185 Unmanned aerial vehicles 46 Bombers 80 Military transport aircraft 312 Trainer aircraft 600 Helicopters 120 Attack helicopters