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I think if you check you will find a story where Turkish forces did have some issues with the Syrian Army around the time of AlBab ...News had broke that Turkey had taken AlBab but there were other reports that showed that Turkey was still outside or just barley inside ...It seemed that the forces decided to go after the SA but it was short lived and then the SA focus went towards Palmyra and is now hooked up to Manbji
It seems like Erdogan's forces will continue their push further into Syria, even if it means drawing them into direct conflict with US-backed forces. They have yet to take any major action against the Syrian Government itself at the moment, but given these events it wouldn't surprise me if they picked a fight with them too, given the skirmishes between Turkey and Syria earlier in the conflict.
originally posted by: the2ofusr1
a reply to: Ohanka
I think if you check you will find a story where Turkish forces did have some issues with the Syrian Army around the time of AlBab ...News had broke that Turkey had taken AlBab but there were other reports that showed that Turkey was still outside or just barley inside ...It seemed that the forces decided to go after the SA but it was short lived and then the SA focus went towards Palmyra and is now hooked up to Manbji
It seems like Erdogan's forces will continue their push further into Syria, even if it means drawing them into direct conflict with US-backed forces. They have yet to take any major action against the Syrian Government itself at the moment, but given these events it wouldn't surprise me if they picked a fight with them too, given the skirmishes between Turkey and Syria earlier in the conflict.
eta sorry I see you got the SFvid to embed and it does show it quite clearly that something has to break or happen ...its a coin toss for now .
We are seeing the quagmire come to a head .The way it stands at this moment is that ISIS is not the issue .Turkey occupying Syria is not enough ...The Kurds wont unite with Turkey and they are stuck in the middle .A all out war against the Kurds wont work ...Its going to get very bogged down ...Its looking more like a stalemate strategy designed by ....Putin and his guy's ...think Ukraine ...You don't have to win to not loose and it looks like that will be the way it goes for as long as it can ...
Looks like things might heat up between the Turks and Syrians in the coming days
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Syria - Erdogan's Lost Bet - Trump Likely To Follow A Cautious Strategy The last Syria thread noted: South of Al-Bab the Syrian army is moving towards the Euphrates. It will cut off the Turkish forces path to Raqqa and Manbij. That move concluded. The Turkish invasion forces are now blocked from moving further south. They would have to fight the Syrian army and their Russian allies to move directly onto Raqqa. They would have to fight the Syrian-Kurdish YPG and its U.S. allies to move further east. For the first time since the start of the war the supply lines between Turkey and the Islamic State are cut off!