The success of “Operation Dawn of Freedom” by the Syrian National Army (SNA) to seize Tal Rifaat from the terrorist group PKK/YPG could pave the best way for seizing one other hotbed of the group. Turkish media retailers reported that the Syrian opposition forces will possible transfer on to Manbij, a key metropolis for PKK/YPG.
Dawn of Freedom, which was launched concurrently with an offensive by anti-regime forces towards Aleppo final week, lower off the terrorist group’s plan to hyperlink Tal Rifaat to Aleppo. Turkish broadcaster CNN Türk launched footage of a convoy of SNA autos reportedly heading to Manbij, which was captured by the terrorist group in 2016. The strategic city west of the Euphrates River was initially seized by the Syrian opposition in 2012 earlier than it fell to Daesh two years later. The PKK/YPG terrorist group, which cooperates with the United States underneath the pretext of preventing Daesh, took the city in 2016. The seize of Manbij can even be important for Türkiye’s counterterrorism struggle as PKK/YPG domination in northeastern Syria threatens the neighboring nation’s nationwide safety.
Speaking at a U.N. Security Council session on Syria on Tuesday following the advance of anti-regime teams over the previous week, Türkiye’s deputy U.N. consultant Aslı Güven stated: “The presence of terrorist organizations within Syria not only undermines the country’s unity and territorial integrity but also poses a direct threat to Türkiye’s national security as well as regional stability.” “Türkiye is entitled to take appropriate measures in line with its inherent right of self-defense against direct and imminent threats posed to its national security by terrorist organizations operating in Syria,” she added.
Meanwhile, in Tal Rifaat, SNA members work to clear explosives planted throughout the city by retreating terrorists. The SNA additionally found an enormous community of tunnels constructed underneath the city. Stretching for 10 kilometers (6.21 miles), the tunnels host small bedrooms with iron doorways, electrical cables and barrels. Some rooms had images of terrorists on their partitions. Each single tunnel within the community is about 1 meter large and a couple of meters excessive. It is believed that tunnels are used each for the lodging of terrorists in instances of assaults and for infiltration makes an attempt to close by residential areas. Similar tunnels exist in areas at the moment underneath the management of the terrorists and people liberated from the PKK/YPG.
Source: www.dailysabah.com