From everything I’m hearing:
- The State Dept & NSC on the one hand & #Turkey on the other feel like ongoing talks hold promise of an agreement re. #Manbij & northern #Syria.
- CENTCOM/SOCOM want nothing to do with it & repeatedly reject any concession to #Ankara.
= Deadlock
The French presidency declined to comment on whether Paris was sending troops. However, it said in the statement that Macron was offering to mediate between the two sides given that the SDF had distanced itself from the PKK.
“Acknowledging the commitment of the SDF to have no operational link with this terrorist group ... he (Macron) hopes that a dialogue could be established between the FDS and Turkey with France and the international community’s help,” it said.
#Erdogan goes ballistic on #France, threatens it with terror strikes, says the attack may come in any moment,
underlines he ain't kidding, hopes French won't ask for help of #Turkey when terrorists come back home from Syria and Iraq.
REPORT: ISRAELI STEALTH FIGHTERS FLY OVER IRAN
Two IAF F-35 Adir fighter jets entered Iranian airspace undetected, according to the Kuwaiti newspaper Al-Jarida.
Two Israeli F-35 fighter jets entered Iranian airspace over the past month, Kuwaiti newspaper Al-Jarida reported on Thursday. The act is a signal of heightened regional tensions, especially in light of recent Israeli military attacks in Syria, including against Iranian bases in the country.
Sources quoted in Al-Jarida stated that two stealth fighters flew over Syrian and Iraqi airspace to reach Iran, and even targeted locations in the Iranian cities Bandar Abbas, Esfahan and Shiraz.
The report states that the two fighter jets, among the most advanced in the world, circled at high altitude above Persian Gulf sites suspected of being associated with the Iranian nuclear program.
It also states that the two jets went undetected by radar, including by the Russian radar system located in Syria. The source refused to confirm if the operation was undertaken in coordination with the US army, which has recently conducted joint exercises with the IDF.
The source added that the seven F-35 fighters in active service in the IAF have conducted a number of missions in Syria and on the Lebanese-Syrian border. He underlined that the fighter jets can travel from Israel to Iran twice without refueling.
Allegations on social media that 2 US soldiers have been killed and 5 others have been injured in an IED attack in Manbij.
If true that can add more tension to Turkish-American relations
Nostalgia έγραψε:Μου φαινεται λιγακι χλωμο να αποσυρθουν τα Αμερικανικα στρατευματα, θα ειναι σαν να παραδεχονται οτι αφηνουν την Συρια στον Ρωσο. Μαλλον προκειται για υπερτρολια του Τραμπ....
nostromos έγραψε:Nostalgia έγραψε:Μου φαινεται λιγακι χλωμο να αποσυρθουν τα Αμερικανικα στρατευματα, θα ειναι σαν να παραδεχονται οτι αφηνουν την Συρια στον Ρωσο. Μαλλον προκειται για υπερτρολια του Τραμπ....
το πιθανοτερο ειναι να αναπτυχθουνε ΚΑΙ Γαλλοι στη Συρια αμεσα ...
The US has deployed extra special forces troops to Manbij in Syria to protect US troops there.
Not clear whether that happened before or after last night's bombing that killed a US and a British soldier