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Syrians Place Hope In Tehran’s Summit As Reinforcements Flowing To Syria
2022-07-19
[NPASyria] One day before a trilateral summit that will bring presidents of Russia, Iran
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and The Sick Man of Europe Turkey
...the only place on the face of the earth that misses the Ottoman Empire...
together, the Syrian Army continues to reinforce its positions in Syrian north in tandem with sending intensive reinforcements by Ottoman Turkish forces and their affiliated armed Syrian opposition factions.

The trilateral summit, in the Iranian capital Tehran, will touch on the Syrian issue and the Ottoman Turkish potential military operation against Syria’s north in particular.

Turkey’s President His Enormity, Sultan Recep Tayyip Erdogan the First
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has recently announced plans to carry out another major military cross-border incursion into northern Syria. Erdogan specified his targets in the two northern Syrian cities of Manbij and Tel Rifaat.

On July 1, Erdogan said that Ankara’s new military operation in northern Syria could begin at any moment.

"I always say that we can start [the incursion] at any moment at night. We should not worry and rush, especially since we are working in the area," Erdogan told news hounds after returning from the NATO
...the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. It's headquartered in Belgium. That sez it all....
summit in Madrid.

On Saturday, the Syrian army sent military reinforcements to Manbij through al-Tayha crossing, southwest of the city.

An eyewitness from Abu Kahf village, 30 km north of Manbij, told North Press that eight vehicles loaded with two field artillery, rocket launchers, ammunition and personnel entered from al-Tayha crossing and headed towards the front lines in Manbij.

The reinforcements come within the framework of recent understandings between the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) and the Syrian government, with Russian guarantee, to deploy government forces along the front lines extending from al-Hoshariya village, northeast of Manbij, to al-Arima district, west of Manbij.

Hours later, the government forces brought in reinforcements to the border strip with Turkey in the countryside of Derbasiyah north of Hasakah, according to pro-government al-Watan Newspaper.

Media outlets close to the government see that these reinforcements can help halt the Ottoman Turkish escalation and threats since they are deployed along the border strip.

On July 15, the SDF Commander in Chief, Mazloum Abdi, said in a presser, that they "accepted that the Syrian Army fortifies its posts in Kobani, Manbij and border areas in order to carry out its task to protect Syrian border, and we will do what is needed to avoid war against our areas."

Following the Ottoman Turkish incursion (Peace Spring) in October 2019, Turkey signed two ceasefire agreements, one with Russia and the other with the US stipulating ceasing all hostilities and the withdrawal of the SDF 32 km away from the Ottoman Turkish border.

The SDF did withdrew from the border areas according to the agreement, but Turkey continues targeting the area.

The Syrian government has deployed soldiers in some areas in northeast Syria since 2019 following the agreements.

Turkey also sends more forces to the Syrian territory, especially to both the northern and eastern countryside of Aleppo, in preparation for the new invasion.

On July 8, North Press Agency monitored the entry of a Ottoman Turkish military convoy through al-Rai crossing in the northern countryside of Aleppo, heading towards the city of al-Bab east of Aleppo.

Two days earlier, Turkey sent reinforcements to Ottoman Turkish-backed Sultan Murad faction stationed in Hawar Kilis region on Syrian-Ottoman Turkish border north of Azaz.

Al-Watan Newspaper noted that both Russia and the Syrian government, through deploying forces in broader swaths on contact lines with Turkey, aim at defusing the Ottoman Turkish military escalation and also curbing the Ottoman Turkish president’s false pretenses to launch an aggression to bite new Syrian parts.

These moves come in light of preparations by Russian and Ottoman Turkish delegations to head to Iran, where a presidential summit will be held, bringing together the three countries to discuss the Syrian issue.

During the summit, the Russian president and his Ottoman Turkish counterpart will held a series of meetings.

Statements released by Iranian, Russian and Ottoman Turkish officials indicate that the three presidents will mainly focus on the Syrian issue, a step that was successively discussed in the past the last of which was in July 2020.

"Ottoman Turkish military operation in Syria will be the most important issue between Turkey and Iran in the summit." Ottoman Turkish daily newspaper Sabah said two days ago.

As Syrian north and northeast continue to witness intensive military presence by Syrian government and Turkey, Syrians place their hopes in Tehran’s summit, through which Turkey seeks to invade Tel Rifaat and Manbij.
Posted by:trailing wife

#4   Letting Iran and Turkish troops deal with ISIS doesn't seem like such a bad idea.

Iran would no doubt take the hint reasonably seriously if t hey saw no way of exploiting them for their own purposes, but Turkey has used and supported ISIS in Syria in the past against the Assad government. For that matter, some unknown part of the so-called Syrian National Army that Turkey employs along the border is made up of old ISIS turbans left homeless after the Caliphate fell, and Turkey knows it.
Posted by: trailing wife   2022-07-19 22:17  

#3  Syria doesn’t have enough oil to be worth robbing, unlike Iraq, where we also did not help ourselves to the oil.

Perhaps President Putin means Turkey, which has been allowing its “Syrian National Army” run roughshod over Syrian citizens.
Posted by: trailing wife   2022-07-19 20:25  

#2  US troops, about 500 to 1000 are there to hunt ISIS and may also provide some protection to the Kurds.

Syria probaby doesn't have the forces to deal with the ISIS contingent in their country. Letting Iran and Turkish troops deal with ISIS doesn't seem like such a bad idea.
Posted by: Lord Garth   2022-07-19 20:24  

#1  Putin tells US thieves to stop ‘looting’ Syria
Washington needs to stop “stealing” Syrian oil and lift its sanctions against Damascus
American troops must leave voluntarily the territory east of the Euphrates river and “stop robbing the Syrian state, the Syrian people, exporting oil illegally,” I repeat they must leave.
Putin told reporters on Tuesday evening, when asked if the USA military don’t voluntarily leave, his reply was: we will make them… He said this was a “common position” of Russia, Iran and Turkey.
Posted by: Aca Joe   2022-07-19 20:09  

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