Syria/Iraq update 6/01/2018..US-Turkish Tensions Grow Over Manbij Issue

US-Turkish Tensions Grow Over Manbij Issue

Daraa – The FSA sends a large convoy to face the Syrian Army – 1 June 2018

The terrorist groups of the FSA sent a large convoy to the war front of southern Syria in Daraa, after the Syrian Army announced a major offensive to liberate the entire southern front along with the borders of Jordan and Israel.

Pentagon warns Damascus against attacking U.S. backed SDF

FSA fighters hit two groups of Syrian military

Russian UN Ambassador: Agreement Is Reached, Iran To Withdraw Forces From Southern Syria

On June 1, Russia’s Ambassador to the UN, Vasily Nebenzya confirmed that an agreement, under which Iranian forces and Lebanese Hezbollah will withdraw from southern Syria, had been reached. However, Nebenzya declined to reveal if the agreement is being implemented now.

“As I understood, an agreement had been reached. I cannot say now if it is being implemented … even if the agreement is not being implemented now, it will be in the near future,” the Russian news outlet Sputnik quoted Nebenzya as saying during a press conference.

During the last week, several reports said that Russia, Jordan and the US reached an initial agreement on southern Syria. Reportedly, the agreement will force the Free Syrian Army (FSA) to hand over its positions in southern Syria to the Syrian Arab Army (SAA) in exchange for an Iranian withdrawal from the area.

Earlier, an unnamed source familiar with the situation revealed to Sputnik that deputy foreign ministers of Russia, Jordan and the US will meet in the Jordanian capital of Amman next week to discuss the “de-escalation zone in southern Syria.”

Furthermore, Israeli Minister of Defense Avigdor Lieberman discussed the supposed agreement with his Russian counterpart Sergei Shoigu during his visit to Moscow on May 31.

Local observers believe that the agreement will shape the future of southern Syria and will allow all sides to focus on the political process in the war torn country.

Russian Military Helicopters patrols and protects the international airport in Damascus…

The UN launches an urgent appeal to donors to confront the Syrian refugee crisis

Ghaith lost his parents, two brothers and his own leg to ISIS mortars

Ghaith, a 7 year old Iraqi child from Anbar lost his parents, siblings and his leg in a shelling of their home. His remaining family demand that the Iraqi government give him compensation so that he can receive an artificial limb.

Youth of Mosul recover books from the ruins of the city’s library