Coalition Forces did not withdraw from Manbij, and Turkey and factions under its command continue their preparations to start a military operation east of Euphrates

Reliable sources informed the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights that there are no withdrawal for the Coalition Forces from Manbij city, which is controlled by Manbij Military Council in the countryside of Aleppo, where these forces are still in their positions and points in Manbij, and the sources added that the information about withdrawal was promoted by sources close to Turkey, in the shadow of the continuous preparations by the factions that operate under the command of Turkey to start a military operation east of Euphrates, and the Syrian Observatory published yesterday that the preparations by the factions that operate under the orders of Turkey, to start a military operation in the east of Euphrates, and in the details obtained by the Syrian Observatory from commanders in factions close to Turkey: these factions have completed their preparations for a Turkish military operation in the east of Euphrates, and the commanders confirmed to the Syrian Observatory that they await the orders of their “Turkish brothers” to launch the process, which they described by saying it “will extend from Euphrates until the Iraqi border, ” these preparations come after a clam prevailed the borderline between the Tigris and Euphrates on the Syrian – Turkish border, following targeting started on the 28th of October 2018, where the Syrian Observatory published in the 27th of November 2018 that the International Coalition is establishing a military base at the area located in the northern countryside of al-Raqqah, and in the details that were confirmed by reliable sources of the Syrian Observatory, the US forces are establishing a military base in B’er Ashiq area located in the area between east of Tal Abyad city and west of Sluk town near the Syrian – Turkish border, where the base is being equipped with military, logistic, and communications equipment, raising to 19, the number of bases established by the International Coalition in areas of control of the Syria Democratic Forces.

Also signing this new contract and establishing the new program of the International Coalition’s work in east of Euphrates and areas west of it; coincided with the Turkish threats of a military operation is being hinted about by Turkey in the border area between the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers, and in conjunction with preparations for a military operation against the “Islamic State” organization in its last enclave at the east bank of Euphrates River in the eastern sector of Deir Ezzor countryside, also the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights published early November 2018 that the Turkish intelligence services have transported more than 1200 members of the factions loyal to them and under their command; from the countryside of Aleppo towards areas in front of the east of Euphrates River, and in the details obtained by the Syrian Observatory: more than 700 fighters equipped with light weapons were transported aboard Turkish buses by the Turkish intelligence, and transported from Afrin area via Iskenderun and the Turkish territory to another area, where the sources confirmed to the Syrian Observatory that they were transported to an area in front of the Syria Democratic Forces’ controlled areas east of Euphrates River, or in the west bank of Euphrates River, within areas of control of “Euphrates Shield” Operation Forces.

The Syrian Observatory published on the 1st of November 2018, that reliable sources attended the meeting that was held in Afrin city in the north-western sector of Aleppo countryside, between the Turkish Intelligence and between the factions of the “Euphrates Shield and Olive Branch”, informed the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, that the Turkish Intelligence informed the factions to get ready for the next military operation that Turkey intends to carry out against the Syria Democratic Forces, whose main pillar is the YPG, which includes the border strip stretched from the eastern bank of the Euphrates River to the western bank of the Tigris River, and the sources added that the Turkish Intelligence deliberately directed its talk to all the factions and specified those factions whose fighters are descendent from areas in Deir Ezzor, Al-Raqqah and Al-Hasakah provinces, in order to create a sedition between the Kurdish and the Arabs in the area, and the Turkish forces tend to send Kurdish fighters loyal to them in the incoming battle of the east of the Euphrates so that their intention to create a sedition will not be revealed.