I thought SMO was going to Ayn El Arab today. But YPG is attacking the Manbij countryside. It looks like they captured several bridges and still no word on the operation.
From twitter sources:
The SNA managed to retake some of the villages from the YPG
The main problem that the SNA currently facing are the tunnels; they are large enough to accomodate tanks and armored vehicles underground away from the enemy front lines so that the YPG can then strike the SNA from the back and catch them off-guard
The YPG took over those villages by attacking the backlines of the SNA which forced the SNA to retreat in order to regroup and then retook some villages again
The greatest problem that the SNA is facing rn is finding the entrance to those tunnels. Everytime, the YPG comes from a different tunnels just like rats which makes it difficult to respond and finding each and every tunnel before reaching Ayn-Al-Arab is a fool's errand since you will be similar to those who circles around a hornet's nest naked;i-e, without protection
That is why the YPG js trying to prevent Turkey from conducting a military operation no matter the cost. If Turkey captured Ayn-Al-Arab (Kobani), then they would be at the center/juncture of all the PKK tunnel network in most of Syria; thus, degrading their most feared weapon and possibly destroying their supply routes and logistics
Honestly, I can even bet that you will have some tunnels reaching all the way inside Turkey and if it got revealed to the world, then the West will never ever be able to have any legitimacy for protecting the YPG and that is why the WEST is so fervently trying to prevent Turkey from conducting an operation against Ayn-Al-Arab (Kobani)
