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Syria troops fighting Turkish forces alongside Kurds, says monitor
[IsraelTimes] Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reports government troops in town of Ain Issa; Russian envoy says Ankara and Damascus officials in contact to avoid ’unacceptable’ festivities.The Syrian army deployed alongside Kurdish forces on the front line in northern Syria Wednesday but their newfound cooperation saw no let-up in the week-old In a rare scene in Syria’s eight-year-old civil war, government troops and Kurdish fighters were "fighting together" against ...the occupiers of Greek Asia Minor... ’s Syrian proxies northeast of the town of Ain Issa, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said. The Britannia-based monitor reported "violent festivities" near the M4 highway ‐ a key east-west artery that links the Kurdish heartland in the northeast with Syria’s second city Aleppo and the Mediterranean coast beyond. Under the deal announced on Sunday after US President Donald Trump ...Oh, noze! Not him!... ordered the withdrawal of US troops, government troops have returned to key Kurdish-held areas for the first time in years. Syrian soldiers have been sent to Manbij, Tal Tamr, Ain Issa and Tabqa in their most significant deployment since the army started withdrawing from Kurdish-majority areas in 2012. Russia’s special envoy on Syria, Alexander Lavrentyev, said But two Syrian soldiers were killed near Ain Issa on Tuesday in shelling by Turkey’s Syrian proxies ‐ mostly former rebels paid and equipped by Ankara, the Observatory said. On Monday, artillery fire by the Syrian former rebels killed another soldier in the flash-point city of Manbij, it added. In the border town of Ras al-Ain, where Kurdish fighters have put up stiff resistance against Ankara’s incursion, battles raged on Wednesday following a night of heavy  ...KABOOM!... s and artillery fire, the monitor said. Since its launch on October 9, the Related: Ain Issa: 2019-10-15 Trump's Syria withdrawal is a boon for ISIS ‐ and a nightmare for Europe Ain Issa: 2019-10-15 Confirmed through a source at Ain Issa camp: ISIS women have obtained weapons somehow. Ongoing clashes. Ain Issa: 2019-10-15 EU condemns Turkey's Syria operation Related: Manbij: 2019-10-15 Russia's military police patrol contact line between Syrian, Turkish forces: RIA Manbij: 2019-10-15 Syrian government troops enter key northern city of Manbij Manbij: 2019-10-14 Turkey army set up mobil bridges north of #Manbij Related: Tal Tamr: 2017-07-19 Syrian rebels killed in Kurdish clashes Tal Tamr: 2016-02-23 IS group sells Syrian Christians held since 2015 for less than $9 million ransom Tal Tamr: 2015-12-26 ISIS releases 25 Assyrian Christians in Syria Related: Tabqa: 2019-10-15 EU condemns Turkey's Syria operation Tabqa: 2019-06-04 800 Syrians Start Leaving Crowded Al-Hol Camp Tabqa: 2019-06-03 800 Syrian women, children to leave Al-Hol camp: officials Related: Ras al-Ain: 2019-10-13 Turkey-backed proxy forces appear to commit war crimes in northern Syria Ras al-Ain: 2019-10-11 Over 60,000 displaced in Turkish assault on Syria — monitor Ras al-Ain: 2019-10-11 Turkish troops and Syrian rebels encircle two SDF-held towns Posted by: trailing wife 2019-10-17 |
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