For those who are confused on what happened in Syria yesterday; particularly in the Sheikh Maqsoud and al-Ashrafieh neighborhoods of Aleppo.
🔺️It all began when the Syrian Armed forces found a meticulously hidden tunnel connecting such neighbourhoods with the SDF-held areas in Deir-Hafir and Raqqa. Immediately, the Syrian Armed forces blew the said tunnel and laid seige to such neighbourhoods and blocked all the roads leading in and out of it
🔺️this lead to civilians in such neighbourhoods becoming increasingly angry and discontent as this means blockage of services etc. As a response, and in order for the PKK ro maintain public order, the PKK began hitting all the Govt-controlled districts near the blocked roads which led to massive civilian and military casualities
🔺️The Syrian Govt started a half-assed response amd started hitting some PKK targets. The SDF then offered that their fighters would leave the neighbourhoods in return for all the roads blocking the SDF/PKK-held neighbourhoods to be reblocked.
🔺️Thus, a ceasefire agreement as made
Conclusion: a third-rate fiasco and a massive tactical win for the SDF.
✔For those who dont know, the SDF already took all their soldiers from the Aleppo neighbourhoods in a similar agreement back in March!
✔The SDF then re-transferred such soldiers back in to PKK-held neighbourhoods in Aleppo through tunnels like the one that the govt destroyed yesterday.
✔When the govt found and blew the tunnel, they used it as an excuse to seige such neighbourhoods in preparation to enter and kick the PKK out in the near future (if an operation were to be conducted)
✔The SDF, fearing such a scenario, attempted an armed attack against areas controlled by the govt to force them to agree to a ceasefire that would break the seige and prevent any public discontent towards the PKK leadership in SDF-controlled areas in Aleppo in return for the retreat of PKK soldiers of Aleppo
What do you think will happen next? Simple, the SDF will re-transfer all the retreating PKK fighters back into the SDF-controlled neighbourhoods through another tunnel that isnt exposed by the Syrian govt; all the while ensuring that they retain a firm ruling grip over SDF-held areas in Aleppo
Such an incident reminded me of Mazloum Abdi's words when he said that dealing with the Syrian army militarily or politically is easy but the problem lies in Turkey and guess what...... the guy is actually right! Never saw such an incompetent army like this one. I thought they had learned from the previous trap set by Israel in Suwaydah but I guess I was wrong
