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The US military in Syria let 200 ISIS fighters freely leave the city of Manbij. The American troops explained their acts with threat, which civilians, allegedly led by the fighters, faced. “Civilians were observed in the convoy intermingled with fighters in every vehicle. We didn’t shoot. We kept watching,” spokesman for the US-led coalition Colonel Chris Garver said. He also noted that there were family members of the fighters among civilians, as well as those held hostage by force. According to Garver, the fighters are still followed. However the Colonel silenced location of the fighters group, under the pretext of confidentiality. He also refused to report whether they tried to return to Turkey, from which they had previously arrived to fight in Syria.

The situation in Hasaka to 19.08.2016 – Colonel Cassad

Today, continued clashes between the Kurds and the CAA in Hasaka.

1. After yesterday’s clashes, which led to the beginning of the Syrian Air Force air strikes by local Kurds, have been consultations between the parties and the command of the evening the intensity of the fighting has decreased markedly, while Syrian sources claimed that a truce and Kurdish stated that the ceasefire is not complete, so as the shootout continued. Today for lunch the situation continued to deteriorate – the perimeter of the Syrian enclave renewed skirmishes of small arms, which are complemented by Syrian shelling neighborhoods with mortars and homemade rockets. The army responded with artillery fire and used armored vehicles + this morning followed by another airstrike.

2. Command of YPG labored statement, which lays all the responsibility for what is happening in the CAA with the motivation “mode jealous of the success of the Kurds in the war against the Caliphate”, while ignoring the modest role of the military of NATO and US aircraft in these successes. Yesterday’s statement of “no-fly zone” over Hasaka have not been confirmed – in the morning over the city appeared calm Syrian planes, one of which struck the Kurdish positions. Just above the town of the American reconnaissance drone was marked. Today for lunch YPG stated that rejecting the truce with the government of Assad, that can be interpreted as a declaration of war.

3. From the CAA during the battles take part Iranians and Lebanese of “Hezbally” by the Kurds – the security forces, “Asayish” and groups included in the structure of the YPG, with both sides bringing up reinforcements, and yesterday from Qamishli (where the military airfield ) arrived in Hasaka additional infantry forces. The Americans are now marked in the area of ​​its base in Kamishli and west of Hasaka, where now unfolding an additional field camp for the sappers.

In my opinion the idea the United States can be as follows – during the August-September to take Al-Bab, connect the Kurdish territory overland to Canton Afrin, provoking clashes in Hasaka and Qamishli, clear them from the Syrian and Iranian troops, then proclaim the independence of Kurdistan, that can compensate for the failure of plans to achieve major victories at Mosul and Raqqa. Support for “independent Kurdistan”, and can be interpreted as a “victory for the Obama administration” and should strengthen the position of Clinton. Of course, the implementation of such a scenario would entail a further escalation of the war in northern Syria with retracting it Iran and Turkey, but do not have at the moment a positive strategy on the Syrian track for the US escalation of the Kurdish question makes it possible to fish in troubled waters, using the Kurdish bargaining coin in its relations with Russia, Iran and Turkey.

You should expect rising tensions in the north-eastern Iraq, which already clashes between pro-Iranian Shiites and the Kurds of “Peshmerga”, as well as clashes in the Iran-Iraq border in areas where Kurds live in Iran. The aggravation of the Kurdish question will provoke a further warming of relations between Turkey and Iran, as well as to create preconditions for the normalization of relations between Turkey and Syria, as all these countries are not interested in the fact that on the territory of Syria, formed an independent Kurdistan. Of course, all this conflict will facilitate the provision of the Caliphate in Syria, and in Iraq, because of collision between enemies Caliphate inevitably drawn part of the forces from the main front of the Middle East war.

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Syria in Last 24 Hours: Army Destroys Terrorists’ Convoys in Idlib Province

The Syrian army and popular forces destroyed the military hardware of the terrorists in Idlib province.

The army units backed by the popular forces inflicted heavy losses on the militants in Idlib province, killing scores of militants and injuring many more in heavy clashes.

The Syrian army and popular forces also hit hard the military positions of the terrorists in other key provinces across Syria.

Idlib

The Syrian fighter jets pounded terrorists’ convoys, consisting of several vehicles, equipped with machineguns, both in the adjacent provinces of Idlib and Aleppo, a military source said on Thursday.

“The Syrian Air Force destroyed a number of vehicles, some of which equipped with machineguns, in the area surrounding Zardana village in Idlib,” the source said.

“Three convoys of militants’ vehicles were also smashed in Western Aleppo,” he added.

The military source said that tens of terrorists were killed and wounded in the airstrikes and their weapons and vehicles were fully destroyed.

Aleppo

At least 70 militants were killed and dozens of others were wounded in clashes with the army and bombings of the Syrian warplanes in Southern Aleppo.

Syrian army units, supported by the air force, killed 70 terrorists and destroyed a tank, two rocket launchers and three cannons in the military academy region in Southern Aleppo, a military source said on Thursday.

The Syrian air force carried out 39 fighter-bomber sorties and 35 helicopter sorties over the past 24 hours to support the ground troops in their operations against the terrorists in Aleppo, he added.

During the airstrikes, several hideouts and gatherings of the terrorists were hit and two munitions depots were destroyed in Kafar Hamra and Arran in the Western and Eastern parts of Aleppo province.

Tens of armored vehicles were destroyed and dozens of terrorists were killed in strikes by the army’s artillery and air force units in different parts of Aleppo on Thursday.

The Syrian warplanes and artillery fire targeted the terrorists’ positions in the surroundings of Rahbet Maarata, Dahret al-Shurfeh, Daret Ezza, al-Mansoura, the military academy, Kafr Naha and al-Atareb in Aleppo which smashed tens of their vehicles and killed a large number of militants.

Also, an army unit destroyed an armored vehicle and two cars loaded with ammunition for ISIL terrorists in Deir Hafer area in the Eastern countryside of Aleppo.

In Aleppo city, units of the army hit the gatherings and sites of terrorists in the neighborhoods of al-Shaar, al-Ansari, Qazi Askar and Qastal Harami, destroying a number of their vehicles.

Homs

More ISIL terrorists were killed in clashes with the Syrian army and popular forces in al-Sha’er oilfield region in the Eastern parts of Homs.

A military source said on Thursday that 3 ISIL militants were killed and a dozen more were wounded in al-Sha’er region.

The Syrian army units also clashed with the ISIL terrorist group in the direction of Mazian al-Baqar, Northeast of Jeb al-Jarrah, in Eastern Homs.

The clashes ended up with killing and injuring all members of the terrorist group and destroying their ammunition and arms.

Sweida

Tens of ISIL terrorists were killed and wounded in the Eastern and Southeastern parts of Sweida while their military vehicles and weapons were harshly damaged in the Syrian army attacks.

The Syrian troops and resistance forces directed strikes on a gathering of ISIL vehicles in Sammad village in Southeastern Sweida, destroying three vehicles, killing dozens of terrorists and injuring many others.

The Syrian army soldiers also killed a large number of ISIL terrorists and destroyed a vehicle in Southern Tal Asheihib in the Eastern parts of Sweida province.

Deir Ezzur

The Syrian ground troops and fighter jets launched simultaneous attacks on terrorists’ positions in Deir Ezzur, inflicting a heavy toll and damage on the militants.

The Syrian army’s artillery attacks in Huweijeh al-Saqr destroyed the terrorists’ armored vehicles near Deir Ezzur city, killing all militants inside.

Also, an ISIL arms depot in Masaken al-Zabat area near Panorama in the Southeastern parts of Deir Ezzur was targeted by the army units which killed and wounded tens of terrorists and smashed their weapons and ammunition.

At the same time, the Syrian warplanes pounded the ISIL terrorists’ positions in al-Kanamat and al-Sana’h regions in Deir Ezzur and near Panorama and al-Jafra village in the Southeastern parts of Deir Ezzur, killing and injuring a large number of ISIL terrorists.

The army also repulsed ISIL’s attack on al-Rushdiyeh region in Northern Deir Ezzur, leaving dozens of terrorists dead and wounded.

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