Konflikten i Syrien

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US-backed SDF and Free Syrian Army groups in Syria are earning thousands of dollars facilitating the smuggling of ISIL fighters throughout eastern and northern Syria.

Smuggling out of ISIL held territory often begins at an assembly point in the towns of Hajin or Al Shafah by motorbike, according to one source in the international coalition.

Local guides escort the fighters, who are forced to surrender their personal weapons, north through minefields to the SDF controlled town of Al Shaddadi. Bribes, sometimes running into the thousands, are repeatedly paid at FSA and SDF run checkpoints along the routes.

The cost of smuggling is determined by a variety of factors including the ISIL members rank and nationality. Local ISIL members can pay to be smuggled out of ISIL held territory in eastern Syria from $2000, with that price increasing to $5000 for a foreign fighter, whilst a crossing into Turkey can cost upwards of $10,000. But prices are volatile and dependent on the local security situation, as one person involved in the networks said “prices can multiply up to four times overnight”.

Smugglers are then moved north to Manbij and pass through the Al-Awn checkpoint where some of the largest bribes are paid to FSA fighters manning the chekpoints. From there they are taken west through Afrin to the town of Daret Izza in northern Idlib. From Daret Izza they then head to the local bus station where they can travel throughout the province on local buses.

Foreign fighters attempting to leave with their families often send their families along the routes first, where they set up safe-houses on their arrival in SDF and FSA held territory. One route usually requires multiple guides, and smugglers often wait hours to ensure that the checkpoint guards on main roads are of the same ethnicity as them.

Those that want to leave Syria are forced to travel to FSA territories in Idlib, where the border with Turkey is less fortified than SDF held areas where the Turkish government fear PKK infiltration.

Army Command: Army air defense confronts Israeli missile attack on military position in Damascus Countryside

Damascus, SANA- The army air defense on Wednesday morning confronted a new attack by the Israeli occupation entity on one of the military positions in Damascus Countryside.

General Command of the Army and the Armed Forces said in a statement that “warplanes of the Israeli enemy on 3:42 am on Wednesday fired several missiles from inside the Lebanese territories on one of our military positions in Damascus Countryside, and the air defense intercepted the missiles and destroyed most of them.”

The statement added that this outrageous aggression comes in framework of the desperate and repeated attempts to raise the morale of the terrorist organizations which are collapsing in all areas and to encourage terrorists, the tools of the Israeli enemy, to continue their attacks against civilians, particularly in Damascus and its countryside.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan demands U.S. withdrawal from Syrian enclave

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan publicly called upon Washington to withdraw its cadre of U.S. military advisers from the northern Syrian enclave of Manbij, raising tensions over a possible conflict between American and Turkish forces.
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“Over 90 percent of Manbij is Arab land. Why are you still there? Come on, get out,” the Turkish leader said, taking direct aim at U.S. military support for Syrian Kurdish paramilitary forces that Ankara claims are directly linked to Kurdish terrorist organizations.

“You are still telling us not to approach Manbij. We will come to Manbij to give it back to its true owners,” he added. His comments are yet another sign that Turkey is preparing to push its ongoing offensive against Syrian Kurds in the northwestern part of the country eastward, toward territory controlled by U.S. and coalition forces.