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| Turkish Army amassing large force along Syrian border |
| 2019-01-03 |
| [ALMASDARNEWS] On Monday, a Sputnik correspondent reported on the deployment of Syrian Army forces along the western border of the region of Manbij in Aleppo province. According to a source on the ground, the troops were deployed to prevent the advance of Before the arrival of Syrian government forces, the city had been under the control of the US-supported Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) and the Kurdish People’s Protection Units (YPG.) Both groups played a large role in the fight against ISIS (ISIS)*, but have long been designated terror organizations by Ankara. The Kurds, who had been governing large swathes of northern and eastern Syria over the course of the conflict, reportedly invited the Syrian Army into Manbij amid reports of an imminent |
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