In the midst of the Russian invasion of Ukraine in progress, Russia deployment of reinforcements in the region Syria the north is controlled by Kurdish fighters and government troops. The deployment of additional troops was made amid fears of a Turkish land attack.
The move by Russia, an ally of Syria, was taken later Turks launched airstrikes on Kurdish targets in Syria and Iraq on Nov. 20. The Turkish airstrikes came a week after a bomb blast in the city of Istanbul was blamed on Kurdish militants, who have denied responsibility.
The news agency reports it AFP extensionThursday (1/12/2022), resident of Tal Rifaat, a controlled enclave Kurdish in northern Aleppo, Syria, he told AFP that Russian reinforcements had reached the city.
Tal Rifaat is located 15 kilometers (nine miles) south of the border with Turkey. Kurdish forces control the city and surrounding villages and Russian troops are already in the area.
said the resident of Tal Rifaat Russian forces it set up checkpoints in nearby villages separating it from positions under the control of Turkish troops and their Syrian rebel proxies.
Turkish proxies control the areas around Tal Rifaat from the north, while Russian-backed Syrian forces control most of the area to the south.
After carrying out a series of air strikes, Turkey has threatened to launch a ground offensive in northern Syria, including the Tal Rifaat pocket as well as Kobane and Manbij further east.
Kobane and Manbij are under the control of the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF). United States of Americawhich includes the Kurdish People’s Protection Units (YPG), one of the groups Kurdish whom Turkey has accused of being behind the Istanbul bombings.
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