(Video) Military column of the International Coalition forces arrives at Tal Akhdar village near Tal Abyad city on the Syrian – Turkish border to run joint patrols with Turkish Forces in the safe area
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights monitored the arrival of a military column consists of several armored vehicles of the International Coalition Forces, to Tal Akhdar village near Tal Abyad city on the Syrian – Turkish border in northeast of Syria, in order to participate with Turkish patrols that will run within the borders of the safe area; between Tal Abyad and Ras al-Ayn, and the Syrian Observatory monitored on the 4th of September 2019 that a joint patrol of American Forces and the military council in Ras al-Ayn (Sri Kaneh) city, consists of 4 armored American vehicles and 3 vehicles of Ras al-Ayn Military Council, it started from the base of the International Coalition in Tal Arqam village of Halaf town, then the vehicles headed to the hill of t Abu Jaradah village and then towards the border line adjacent to Ras al-Ayn area, it also reached Makhatla village west of Ras al-Ayn (Sri Kaneh) city, and the patrol headed towards Khirbet al-Banat village, Tal Khanzir, and Mabrouka, and this comes after the implementation of the border security agreement and the withdrawal of YPG, YPJ, and SDF with their weapons from the border, according to what was agreed upon between the United States and Turkey about the safe area east of Euphrates.
The Syrian Observatory published on the 22th of August 2019 that Syrian Observatory for Human Rights learned from reliable sources that preparations are underway in the north-east of Syria for implementing the agreement of the safe zone, and in the details obtained by the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights; the Syria Democratic Forces stopped digging trenches and lifting dirt barricades 3 days ago in the vicinity of Ras Al-Ayn north-west of Al-Hasakah at the Syrian – Turkish border, in preparation for establishing the safe zone according to what had been agreed upon between Turks and the Americans, also the columns of vehicles which had been sent from Al-Raqqah to Tal Abyad area at the border with Turkey, returned to the place where they had come from, simultaneously, the SOHR learned that military patrols of the International Coalition launched from Tal Arqam towards Mabrukah passing by Sluk and Tal Abyad at the Syrian – Turkish border.
And the SOHR published on the 20 July 2019, that large military mobilizations of the Turkish forces and factions loyal to them have arrived in the north-western outskirts of Manbij city in the north-eastern countryside of Aleppo, the Syrian Observatory has received information about Turkey’s intention to start a wide-spread military action with their loyal factions, to storm Manbij city which is under the control of the Kurdish forces on the 20th of July 2019, and in connection with this, the SOHR monitored the arrival of large military reinforcements of the Syria Democratic Forces heavily armed by heavy machineguns, coming from the areas of Ayn Issa, Al-Raqqah province and Kobani to Tal Abyad city at the border with Turkey, in the shadow of the information about the Turks’ intention to advance towards the city.
And the SOHR published on the 19th of July 2019, that areas located on the Syrian – Turkish border within the east Euphrates area are witnessing relative calm, amid Turkish reinforcements and mobilizations on the Turkish side through bringing tanks to the border strip areas such as Tal Abyad, Ras Al Ain and Ayn al-Arab (Kobani), while the sky of the area is witnessing daily flight of reconnaissance drones for the U.S. Forces, and the Syrian Observatory published on the 13th of July 2019, that the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights learned from reliable sources that the Turkish Intelligence intends to hold training courses for Syrian fighters loyal to Turkey on the Turkish territory, and in the details obtained by the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights; the Turkish Intelligence asked factions operating within “Olive Branch and Euphrates Shield” to be prepared and get their fighters ready for starting 20-day training courses in camps on the Turkish territory, and the training includes the development of using developed and anti-tank weapons, and the Turkish Intelligence insisted on the necessity of the presence of the old fighters who have undergone previous courses whether on the Turkish territory during earlier operations such as “Olive Branch and Euphrates Shield”, or fighters who have undergone courses that held at that time, in Arab countries such as the preparations for battles against the regime forces, and Turkey had trained hundreds of members of the police and security services in the areas of the “Olive Branch and Euphrates Shield”, inside its camps, and graduated several batches affiliated to the police bodies, while these preparations apparently come as a Turkish preparation for carrying out a new military operation inside the Syrian territory, and as usual, the aim is the controlled areas of the Syria Democratic Forces and this time it (the military operation) will be in the Euphrates and Al-Jazeera.
The Syrian Observatory published on the 1st of January 2019, that reliable Egyptian sources and reliable sources of the Syria Democratic Forces denied the information published in Arab and regional media, about an Egyptian-Gulf role in the east of Euphrates crisis and, and the threats in the area of a Turkish military operation that has been talked about for weeks, and in the details obtained by the Syrian Observatory: reliable Egyptian sources and reliable sources from the Syria Democratic Forces confirmed to the Syrian Observatory that what was published in the Qatari and Turkish media -quoting Israeli media- is completely false, and that there are no steps towards what the media mentioned, as the media reported that Egyptian officers and other Emiratis officers have visited Manbij city and conducted a reconnaissance tour in the area; in a prelude to deploying Egyptian-Emirati forces in the area with an American air cover, replacing the US Forces, for whom the US President issued on the 19th of December 2018 the decision to withdraw them from the area, and that the presence of these forces will pave the way for a wider Arab military presence in terms of the presence of other Gulf countries, such as the Saudi Arabia, to confront the Iranian presence.
These published reports came in conjunction with the visit of the Turkish Defense Minister Hulusi Akar to the Syrian territory, within the areas controlled by the Turkish forces in the Syrian north, where Akar visited the so-called shrine of Sulaiman Shah and inspected the Turkish forces operating in the area. Sources from the leadership of the Syria Democratic Forces confirmed that they strongly welcome the Egyptian role in preventing the Turkish invasion of the east Euphrates area and the Syrian north, where the area controlled by Syria Democratic Forces, and discuss a solution to manage the north-east of Syria.
The Syrian Observatory monitored that the US Forces continue patrolling within the area between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers and Manbij area, while the Syrian Observatory monitored yesterday that the regime forces, who were deployed last Friday on the contact lines in the northern and western countryside of Manbij, between the forces of Manbij Military Council and Jaysh al-Thowwar on one hand, and between the Turkish forces and the Syrian factions loyal to them on the other, have completed their withdrawal from the northern and north-western areas of Manbij countryside, where they are now only present in the western countryside of Manbij specifically in Arima area and other areas to its west and north-west, so that there will be no frictions between them (the regime forces) and between the American patrols in the area, which are still conducting patrols in Manbij countryside, despite the Turkish threats of carrying out a military operation in the area.
Video by the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights show the arrival of a military column of the International Coalition to Tal Akhdar village near Tal Abyad city on the Syrian – Turkish borders, to start joint patrols with the Turkish Forces within the border of the safe zone.