As a part of a new escalation by the Turkish forces…tens of vehicles loaded with materiel and soldiers arrive in Manbij countryside and the contact areas with the US forces and Manbij Military Council
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights monitored a state of alertness by the Turkish forces operating in the north-eastern sector of Aleppo countryside, where reliable sources confirmed to the SOHR that this alertness was coincided with the entry of a Turkish military column, via Al-Ra’i crossing point north-east of Aleppo, of tens of soldiers and more than 50 military gears including trucks and armored personnel carriers as well as other carriers that carry armored vehicles in addition to other materiel and ammunition, where it headed to the countryside of Manbij area, on the contact lines with the controlled areas of the forces of Manbij Military Council and the International Coalition’s forces, and the Syrian Observatory monitored the raise of military preparations by the forces of Manbij Military Council, in anticipation for any military operations or offensives that are expected to be carried out the Turkish forces in the area which is located in the west of the Euphrates River.
And the Syrian Observatory monitored yesterday, Friday, the sound of gunfire in the area of Sajur line, in the north-eastern sector of Aleppo, where intersected sources confirmed to the Syrian Observatory that the sounds were caused by gunfire of fighters of the Turkish-backed operation of the “Euphrates Shield”, towards the areas of presence of Manbij Military Council forces, and the sources confirmed that there was no response on the gunfire by the other side that is under the control of the forces of Manbij Military Council, where forces of the International Coalition are located, and the today’s targeting, Friday the 21st of December 2018, is the second one, where the SOHR monitored that the “Euphrates Shield” operation Forces which operate under Turkish commands in the Syrian north within areas west of Euphrates, targeted areas on the outskirts of Sajur River in the countryside of Manbij city in the northeastern countryside of Aleppo, which is under the control of Manbij Military Council and in which forces from the International Coalition are present.
And the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights published on the 21st of November 2018 that several intersected sources confirmed to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights that the Turkish forces targeted Khrab Kurt area located in the countryside of Qameshly city on the Syrian-Turkish borders, in the strip between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers, and in the details obtained by the Syrian Observatory: the Turkish Forces targeted Khrab Kurt village which is located in the western countryside of Qameshly city, which caused material damage but no information about injuries, also the shelling caused the citizens to get out of the village and head towards a safe areas for fear of being shot by the Turkish bullets, where several areas at the border strip east of Euphrates were targeted by the Turkish Forces in the recent days, while the Syrian Observatory published in the 16th of November 2018 that the Syrian Observatory monitoring the renewed of targeting by the Turkish forces at the border strip between the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers, on Thursday evening, the 15th of November 2018, where the Turkish forces targeted with heavy machineguns places in Tal Abyad area in the northern casualties of al-Raqqah, but no information about casualties, and the Syrian Observatory published on Thursday that the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights monitored on Thursday, the 15th of November 2018, thousands of citizens carrying out a demonstration in Ain al-Arab city in the northeastern sector of Aleppo countryside east of Euphrates River, and in Details monitored by the Syrian Observatory, about 10000 residents of the displaced people of Ayn al-Arab and Afrin took part in a demonstration denouncing the Turkish threats to carry out a military operation in the strip between both rivers in the Syrian north, which is from the east bank of Euphrates river to the west bank of the Tigris River, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights published earlier that a delegation of the French and American Coalition are visiting Ein Issa area in the northwest sector of al-Raqqah countryside, and in the details Obtained by the Syrian Observatory: a French and American delegation visited Ein Issa area to meet with the leadership of the Syria Democratic Forces, and to discuss the fate of the east of Euphrates under the Turkish threats and the Turkish hinting about a military operation against the east of Euphrates, and both parties are expected to come up with new understandings about the area, which is located in the border strip between the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers, while the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights published in the past days that the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights monitored widespread dissatisfaction among the Kurdish circles and residents of the eastern Euphrates towns, cities, and villages, due to the continued send of the military forces by Syria Democratic Forces to the perimeter of the ISIS-controlled enclave, in preparation for a military operation against ISIS at the east banks of Euphrates; at a time when areas in the Syrian north in the area between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers, are being targeted by the Turkish Forces, who began to mobilize on the border strip on the Turkish side off the eastern Euphrates area, in conjunction with preparations with factions of the “Olive Branch” and “Euphrates Shield” Operations, for the ground military operation of which Turkey is talking about starting it at any time, and control the border strip from the Tigris River to Euphrates River in the Syrian north in the area east of Euphrates, and reliable sources confirmed that the American Forces were deployed in the entire border strip with Turkey in the area between the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers, in order to prevent any Turkish movements towards the area as well as to spread within Ayn al-Arab (Kobani).