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A new agreement between ′′ SDF ′′ and the Syrian leadership on oil shipments - ′′ SDF ′′ agreed to supply Syria with 400 oil tanks per week, transported by ′′ Qatarji ′′ group with Russian protection,
JohninMK wrote:Jens Hittrien
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Turkey started a drone campaign to liquidate SDF commanders & AANES officials. So far about 25 strikes have been conducted, mainly targetting senior YPG/YPJ leadership & PYD politicians.
So far it did not provoke a strong reaction from US.
par far wrote:JohninMK wrote:Jens Hittrien
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Turkey started a drone campaign to liquidate SDF commanders & AANES officials. So far about 25 strikes have been conducted, mainly targetting senior YPG/YPJ leadership & PYD politicians.
So far it did not provoke a strong reaction from US.
I think the top Kurdish dickheads that are being killed by Turkey are ones that are the hardcore element inside Kurdish groups that don't want to end the war and are hoping for a separate state.
JohninMK wrote:Hedging their bets? Sounds plausible
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A new American project in northeastern Syria is the formation of a military force separate from the SDF from the member of the Arab tribes,for a salary of $ 200 to $ 400. Initial information. .
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Isos wrote:JohninMK wrote:Hedging their bets? Sounds plausible
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A new American project in northeastern Syria is the formation of a military force separate from the SDF from the member of the Arab tribes,for a salary of $ 200 to $ 400. Initial information. .
Last time they spent few millions to train a dozen guys like this who were never seen again after releasing them in the nature. They even sold their weapons.
With 200$ they will they will train an delivry man from amazone to deliver an ak-47 to no one in the middle of the desert.
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d_taddei2 wrote:Syria still seems on a stalemate scenario, with no gains by government forces for a very long time. What's the strategy now? Does Turkish backed forces and Turkey really hold the Syrian government to ransom? The odd airstrike here and there achievea very little, the waiting strategy doesn't seem to be working. And ISIS should have really been dealt with during this relatively quiet period, total eradication of ISIS would have been a good success story for the government forces and dealt with a thorn in their side, and freeing up forces to put into Latakia front to finally clear the mountainous area and claim that region back and give good advantage over Jisr Al shughur. Put them in a good position to finally destroy the rats in idilb.
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JohninMK wrote:d_taddei2 wrote:Syria still seems on a stalemate scenario, with no gains by government forces for a very long time. What's the strategy now? Does Turkish backed forces and Turkey really hold the Syrian government to ransom? The odd airstrike here and there achievea very little, the waiting strategy doesn't seem to be working. And ISIS should have really been dealt with during this relatively quiet period, total eradication of ISIS would have been a good success story for the government forces and dealt with a thorn in their side, and freeing up forces to put into Latakia front to finally clear the mountainous area and claim that region back and give good advantage over Jisr Al shughur. Put them in a good position to finally destroy the rats in idilb.
The Russian/Syrian strategy seems to be softly softly catchy monkey. Before they flatten Idlib they have to try to get as many of the hardened terrorist into it as possible. Now they are in the process of clearing Daraa they have pretty much achieved it. Whether they can neutralize the continuing US injection of ISIS operatives into the SE remains to be seen. It may not be needed before the bulk of the SAA hits Idlib. The RuAF has been steadily hitting a variety of targets but we have no knowledge what they are or the damage caused.
The point at which the Turks are going to have to put up or shut up is drawing closer and Turkey's financial problems are not going away..
In the meantime Government/SDF relations are slowly improving with the first 'hundreds' of tanker trucks heading west out of the oilfields rather than east into Iraq.
The US chaos in Afghanistan will have done no harm at all to the future of Syria, imagine how the Kurds feel today about the US's continuing support? The ongoing attacks on US logistics in Iraq are not going to go away either.
Time is on the Syrian Governments side.
flamming_python wrote:There are 3 players in the game, Russia/Damascus, Turkey/FSA, and USA/Kurds/DEZ Arabs
And they have ground up as much against each others borders as can be done, no side is budging for the moment hence the stalemate.
The Kurds though at least try to keep their options open, so it's possible that they can switch sides over time. Little chance of that with the former ISIS Arabs in Deir-ez-zor, they know they're cooked if Assad rolls in.
With Turkey, Russia has some sort of general understanding, about a political settlement and the withdrawal of Turkish troops eventually, allowing for that territory in northern Syria to be reabsorbed - but that won't happen until the Kurds agree to mostly disarm and reintegrate into Syria.
Breaking a long lull in its military campaign against Kurdish forces in northeast Syria, Turkey has launched a series of drone strikes targeting high-profile members of the People’s Protection Units (YPG), apparently with quiet nods from Russia and the United States.
JohninMK wrote:I don't believe this. Anyone seen it from elsewhere?
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America withdraws from 3 military bases in Syria: 1- Omar field near oil wells in Deir ez-Zor, 2- Tell Baidar near Qamishli in Hasakah, 3- Qasrak south of Qamishli in Hasakah-Al-Alam tv
JohninMK wrote:I don't believe this. Anyone seen it from elsewhere?
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America withdraws from 3 military bases in Syria: 1- Omar field near oil wells in Deir ez-Zor, 2- Tell Baidar near Qamishli in Hasakah, 3- Qasrak south of Qamishli in Hasakah-Al-Alam tv
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I have not seen this from anyone, how reliable is this source?
I don't think they pull out so soon after pulling out from Afghanistan.
GarryB wrote:
I have not seen this from anyone, how reliable is this source?
I don't think they pull out so soon after pulling out from Afghanistan.
They have done so without warning and surprising everyone... so maybe they did learn a good lesson from the screwup in Kabul?
Lack of a countdown from 10,000 before they withdrew would be a sensible way to do it, the only question being... is it true.
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