SOHR: The Regime Is Spreading In The SDF Areas At The Invitation Of Its Leader
Military forces affiliated with the Syrian regime were stationed in the vicinity of the town of al-Arima, on the al-Sajour line in the Manbij countryside, east of Aleppo; As elements supported by heavy weapons, 3 tanks and 3 rocket launchers were deployed, according to what the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported yesterday, hours after the statements of Mazloum Abdi, the commander-in-chief of the Syrian Democratic Forces, to allow the forces loyal to the regime to spread in its areas of influence in the north of the country. Coinciding with the Turkish escalation, it launched a military operation against the SDF-controlled areas.
The regime forces were stationed inside Sarin Airport in the countryside of Ain Al-Arab (Kobani), east of Aleppo; It expanded its presence there by deploying more soldiers, and establishing new points and locations. This positioning and deployment is the largest and widest of its kind for the regular forces in northern Syria since the end of 2019.
Abdi had said in a press conference held on Friday in the northeastern city of Hasaka, “We have given the forces of the Damascus government to deploy in our areas, and they have quality and heavy weapons, and it is their duty to defend the Syrian territories.”
In continuation of the escalation between the Turkish forces and the Syrian factions loyal to them, the “Syrian Democratic Forces” and the regime in northern Syria, several rocket shells landed on a Turkish point located in the town of Jibrin, north of the city of Marea, on the road between the cities of Azaz and Marea, from the areas controlled by the SDF and the regime. In the northern countryside of Aleppo. Two commandos of the military police loyal to Turkey were wounded, as a result of which clashes took place with heavy and medium machine guns on the Mara’anaz axis between the Syrian factions loyal to Turkey, on the one hand, and the SDF and the regime, on the other.
Source: Globe Echo