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
If you had read it carefully you would have understood the fear but you didnt,did you?
I dont see it as fear but the SDF doing diplomacy by showing to the US that they are freedom and diplomacy lovers while the Turks are the radical brutes which will eventually spiral into them declaring independence or gaining some form of autonomy from the HTS-led govtIf you had read it carefully you would have understood the fear but you didnt,did you?
SDF commander Mazlum Abdi:
The Raqqa, Deir ez-Zor, and Hasakah files are linked to the government system in Syria.
Our withdrawal from Raqqa and Deir ez-Zor is out of the question.Representatives from Raqqa and Deir ez-Zor will participate in upcoming meetings.
In Damascus, we emphasized the need for a Syrian-Syrian solution (without foreign intervention).
If Turkey wants the implementation of the agreement made with Damascus, it can support the process.
Communication channels between us and Turkey continue to remain open.
So,why would he include the last two highlighted parts?
Use your intelligence!!!
What do you mean by competence?lol complete and utter failure by akp, can't even secure our borders yet we're expected to celebrate when they discover gas off the coast of Somalia
I'm not going to follow this topic anymore, had enough of this comedy. I'll be back once Mansur Yavaş or someone competent takes the throne.
If you are weak and cannot protect the guy, no need to play the Godfather! He will find someone with the balls to protect him.
This notion that Erdoğan is the one who started pursuing an independent policy is pure nonsense that just keeps popping up again and again.What do you mean by competence?
If you mean management skills, then yes, the opposition certainly has them. They held power for years in Ankara, Izmir, Istanbul, and many other places.
And what about the outside world?
Erdogan, no matter how controversial his domestic policies, was the one under him that Turkey began pursuing a fully independent policy.
Start all over again? Apologize to Israel for the notorious "One Minute"; return the ill-fated S-400s to Russia; bow to Washington again; not contradict the EU in any way, etc.? And then what? After Ankara abandons its independent policy, the EU will logically demand compromises in its internal policies as well.
And all this for what?
(Yes, it's sad to watch Erdogan's party transform a once secular country into yet another Islamic republic. We see what the Iranian ayatullahs have turned their country into.)
Please respond if you haven't left us yet
With Assad gone, Syria will rise and in order to prevent that, Israel literally announced that they will turn the SDF/PKK into a stateLooks like the US may be preparing to train YPG/PKK pilots. Nicely done Erdogan. Man of peace
Y'all wanted me back in the comedy show, well here you go, it only gets worse
All will be revealed by December.
Nothing will happen, not until Erdogan is removed.
I'm usually very polite, especially when discussing things with the Administration
The same goes for all other middle powers. It's a matter of conjencture and opening up of the IR space due to various factors since late aughts, including the rise of China.I'm usually very polite, especially when discussing things with the Administration
However, let me point out that, in my opinion, Turkey has been playing in a different, higher league in recent years than it did in the last century.
