Syrian War Report – October 9, 2019: SDF Seeks Cooperation With ‘Bloody Assad’ Against Turkey
The withdrawal of US troops from the Turkish border has caused a kind of panic among the leadership of the US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces, which mostly consist of Kurdish militias.
On October 7, the group already speculated that the Syrian Army is preparing to capture the town of Manbij taking an upper hand of the US troops’ withdrawal. The Syrian military in fact deployed reinforcements near the area. Pro-government sources say the army is preparing to act in response to a possible Turkish military operation.
On October 8, the Turkish Armed Forces announced that they had carried out strikes on the Syrian-Iraqi border in order to prevent Kurdish groups from using the route to reinforce their positions in northeastern Syria. Ankara expects that units of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party, which it recognizes as a terrorist group, could be re-deployed from northern Iraq to the Syrian-Turkish border.
Almost immediately after first Turkish strikes, the SDF leadership announced that it is ready to consider resuming talks with Damascus, and therefore Russia. Earlier, the group sabotaged all Damascus attempts to settle the existing differences through political measures by demanding the Syrian government to de-facto recognize and fund a de-facto independent state with own military within Syria. Now, when the SDF’s key ally has once again appeared to be not ready to sacrifice its geo-strategic interests to create a Kurdish state in Syria, the SDF is once again seeking negotiations with the ‘bloody Assad regime.’
At the same time, the Turkish military and Turkish proxies continue their preparations for a possible military action against Kurdish militias. Recently, a Turkish military convoy was spotted near the town of Jarabulus. In the event of a military operation, the town will become an important logistical point.
from Marwa Osman @Marwa__Osman
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Syrian President Bashar Assad warned the #SDF many times
“The US will not protect you
The US will not safeguard you in their hearts or their laps,
The US will put you in their pockets so as to become a bartering tool along with their dollars
If you will not prepare yourselves to defend your country then you will become slaves for the Ottomans,
No one will protect you except your country,
No one will defend you except the Syrian Arab Army.”
I have to believe most serious readers of the Saker are thinking the same thing.
Whether the SAA can help them now, looks like a logistics problem. Empire logistics can come through Turkey, Iraq, and Jordan while SAA logistics are much more limited, absent massive air drops from Russia. Or the possibility that the Iraq leg of that logistic stool is a bit wobbly.
Or, if Trump makes good on his threat to punish Turkey, then the Turkish logistic leg might be compromised.
But Trump’s generals may not let that happen —- it’s a strategery puzzle for them . .
Bashar al-Assad, like Vladimir Putin, is a true statesman. It really hurts seeing either casting pearls before swine, even when morally and/or tactically justified.
The whole business is a transparent scam by the Real Evil Empire to resurrect their Daash assets, and set them loose again, against Syria, Iraq, Iran and Central Asia. Nothing is plainer.
The Kurds wanted their cake and to eat it too. Now, they are gonna be eating dirt thanks to Trump. It’s their own fault – They should have made a deal with Damascus and returned the country’s oil assets to the Syrian people. Instead, they assist the US in starving and freezing the Syrian people to death. Karma, in this case, has been swift, thanks to The Donald. The thousands that will get caught in the crossfire, however, don’t deserve this. But they will have only the Kurds to blame for selling out their lives and their safety to lying Uncle Sam.
I suggest SDF immediately surrender all arms and military equipment supplied by Nato USA to SAA….this might show good faith to SAA and Turkey to halt the Turkey operation….allowing SAA to recaputure all territories held by Turkey and their associate opposition who still want to remove Assad….and SAA and Russia to finish off remainder ISIS…..Iraq also should move up to border and prevent any ISIS breakout from Kurd prisons insisting USA vacate Iraq territory too…..so is this an opportunity for a big clear out and Syria to regain control over all its territory eg new bridges built over Euphrates near Der ez zer….?
Thinks…….Turkey creating a diversion or has underhand motive that also allows their own Syrian rebels in Idlib not to be readmitted to Turkey(thus proving Turkey is still a
very active against Assad and as mainstream Turkish people might not want them either)..to escape or regroup or infiltrate into SDF areas or even clear out SDF from border area for Turkey sponsored anti Assad forces to occupy as “Syrian refugees” together with legitimate Syrian refugees( one wonders how many are still oppositionist peoples to Assad )whether or not to “expand” Turkey territorial amibtions? Or new occupied land is to cohesively hold anti Assad Syrians together to be a thorn in his side and regroup to put pressure on via newly starting constitutional committee? Noting SDF is not part of that…….
Europe called for UNSC meeting tomorrow…. …..behind the scenes part of the act Trump saying in effect Turkey gets on with what they want because USA should not be in the ME..is that USA still wants some kind of relationship with Turkey whatever that is and will be? Turkey still to be in Nato?
Quite understandable that the Euro-trash should be calling for a security council meeting. Erdogan is likely to offload some destitute people onto the big philanthropists’ home turf once again. NATO as the staunch defender of ’Judeo-Christian Europe’ now exists only in the minds of the honorary Euro-trash of Eastern Europe.
Whitewhale….sputnik reporting
“The US president revealed that Washington moved several dangerous Daesh terrorist fighters from prisons in northern Syria amid the Turkish offensive.
“We are taking some of the most dangerous ISIS [Daesh] fighters out, we’ve taken them out”, Trump said. “We’re putting them in different locations where it’s secure”.
Uhuh…..
Not sure what the manpower situation is,but the SAA with Russian air cover could launch a large force over the Euphrates to the eastern side and take much of the area that has been under SDF control including the oil instalations. then move north to contain any Turks or FSA savages that may have ideas about moving further South than the buffer Zone they hope to control.
Were nt it a tragedy for kurds in general would make me laugh.
Whoever has taken the trouble to read a few lines on the US actions towards allies of any sort during the last 70 years, was sure as the Bible, THAT… that the indispensables would betray.
Or raffle up the poor devil, naive kurd leaders in a not silver but a plastic tray.
That ‘s what it takes.
The latin americans who did the same thing in the last few years will enjoy the same fate: paraguay, Ecuador, Brazil, Honduras. A
That’s precisely the ”charm” of neoliberalism: unapologetically and utterly elitist. In short: To hell with the 99.99%, including the most gullible of them, LOL.
Timely tweet by Trump pulling the pr rug out from under the war hawks. Syria/Russia watching from the wings as Turkey takes the blame and does the work of suppressing the SDF and forcing them to plead for protection. Complete capitulation will be demanded including all cooperation with the US to be ceased. US will retreat from its tiny indefensible bases under cover of media darkness. Clever strategy by Russia/Syria to manoeuvre three enemies into fighting each other while Turkey further isolates itself from NATO.
what is the American’s motive here though?
Johny Appleseed, Why puzzle your head about what goes on inside Yankee heads?
“We never concern ourselves with what the U$ say, we watch what they do and act accordingly”. — Pres.Bashar Assad
“ready to consider resuming …”
I am impressed, very impressed …
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Austria or Australia!!
Kurds did not assist in WW2…
US troops just transferred around and to Iraq..
Best Isis & Nusra whatnot psychopaths
Airlifted to various locations..
Even Kosovo to Bondsteel base.. Pattaya ladies and best snorting on the planet..
ErertzIsrael & Deepstate carryon..
Donald is just a use by date puppet!!
Wakey Wakey… US troop withdrawal??
Telaviv decides that.
Syrian Oil installations yet again damaged.
Too bad and so sad for Syria.
Turkey’s Erdogan warns EU not to call Syria operation an ‘invasion,’
Mixed reception so far:
US to let Turkish forces move into Syria, (the Guradian)
Turkey’s military operation in Syria ; Turkish troops cross Syrian border (Aljazeera)
Turkey operation against Kurds in Syria …
(BBC)
Turkey’s military offensive in Syria: ;
Turkey to send troops into northern Syria
(CNN)
Turkey Invades Syria
(Bloomberg), well darn!
Turkey invades Syria:
(CBSnews)
Turkish invasion of Syria (ouch, the Sun (London))
EU, Germany condemn Turkish offensive in northern Syria –
(Germany, Deutsche Welle)
Egypt has condemned Turkey’s military operation
Turkey attacks northeastern Syria (Vox)
So far so good, mixed reception.
Yeah, those chaps are taking it on the chin, or should i say, tooth.