The Syrian Observatory forHuman Rights war monitor reported “fierce battles in the Manbij countryside...in the past hours between the (Kurdish-led) Syrian Democratic Forces and the(Turkish-backed) National Army factions... with Turkish air cover.”
The Observatory furtherreported that 322 individuals have been killed in the Manbij area since lastmonth.
On Wednesday, Mazloum Abdi,who heads the US-backed SDF, said his group supported “the unity and integrityof Syrian territory.” In a written statement to AFP, he called on Syria’s newauthorities “to intervene in order for there to be a ceasefire throughoutSyria.”
Turkish-backed factions innorthern Syria resumed their fight with the SDF at the same time as theopposition was launching an offensive on November 27 that overthrew Syrianpresident Bashar al-Assad just 11 days later.
Mounting Casualties
On Wednesday Washington’sSecretary of State Antony Blinken said Turkiye had “legitimate concerns” aboutKurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) militants inside Syria and called for aresolution in the country that includes the departure of “foreign terroristfighters.”
Turkiye on Tuesday threateneda military operation against Kurdish forces in Syria unless they acceptedAnkara’s conditions for a “bloodless” transition after al-Assad’s fall.
The US-backed SDF spearheadedthe military campaign that ousted ISIS from its territory in Syria in 2019.
The PKK is considered aterrorist organization by Turkiye, the United States, the European Union andmost of Turkiye’s Western allies.
Turkiye has mounted multipleoperations against the SDF since 2016.
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