No pressure from Turkey in the north so sdf will continue to land grab as much as possible and the americans wont say no to additional oil fields in their hands.
There werent even any dronestrikes to back up the Tal rifaat operations, I dont know why we keep telling ourselves that something will be done lol. Thankfully SNA managed to cut the ypg/pkk corridor in time.
Couldn't make out what was said really--At seconds 9 to 11, turn up the volume.
from HTS point of view theey have nothing to gain from fighting sdf forces whilst assads entire army is crumbling. The territorial gains speak for themselves. Once Assad falls and HTS solidifies power they can choose to either negotiate or fight sdf forces. Hopefully they will keep demanding some kind of formal autonomy which HTS will most likely reject.
Manbij not being taken speaks volume. We should also not forget that it is not only hts fighting. There thousands if not ten thousand Turkish-backed rebels participating in this. Either we have lost control of those groups are the government does not care about what everybody can clearly see is about to happen. ypg positions west of the river would have crumbled in days with drone strikes, especially now that we actually have some in inventory than also can carry Cruise Missiles and Glide Bombs and not only MAM-C and MAM-L.
Someone really needs to pin this response for all members to see
Once again Turkey will just sit on the sidelines and watch everything unfold until its too late. At this point I wouldnt even be suprised if the SNA conducts an operation to take Manbij on their own accord, without Turkish assistance. What is the government afraid of? The iranians left, the russians backed down and the US is just observing until Trumps takes office. We have the most to win and loose, yet we do nothing. Hopefully the sdf land grab operation will cause their forces to overstretch and make operations in the north easier
something like, bizi çek(me) dayı
This is the first leg of a major chain of operations.
