Kurdish Fighters Increase Provocative Moves against Damascus in Hasaka with US Support

The Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) occupied government buildings in Hasaka to turn them into their security strongholds in cooperation with the US, increasing tensions against Damascus.

News ID: 446850

Date: 05 September 2019 - 09:49

RNA - “The SDF fighters attacked the government, training and tourism buildings in al-Zahour district in Hasaka city, occupied them after expelling the Syrian employees and students and turned them into their security headquarters,” the Arabic-language service of Sputnik news agency reported.

Meantime, the Syrian army continued its military advances in other parts of Syria over past 24 hours.

Tens of terrorists were killed and dozens more were injured during the Syrian army's operations in provinces across Syria.

Hasaka

The SDF occupied government buildings in Hasaka to turn them into their security strongholds in cooperation with the US, increasing tensions against Damascus.

The Arabic-language service of Sputnik news agency reported that the SDF fighters attacked the government, training and tourism buildings in al-Zahour district in Hasaka city, occupied them after expelling the Syrian employees and students and turned them into their security headquarters.

It added that the US forces supported the SDF occupation of the Syrian government buildings that happened despite popular protests.

Also, the Kurdish forces kidnapped the head of Hasaka workers union from the town of Qamishli in Northern Hasaka, and transferred him to an unknown place.

The US-backed SDF forces have recently increased their separatist attempts by occupying more territories in Northeastern Syria.

Aleppo-Lattakia

Tahrir al-Sham al-Hay’at (the Levant Liberation Board or the Al-Nusra Front) terrorist group reinvigorated its positions in the demilitarized zone in spite of Turkey's agreement with Russia to force the militants to withdraw from the region.

According to Fars News Agancy, the Arabic-language al-Watan newspaper quoted a field source as saying on Tuesday that the terrorist groups have not yet withdrawn from their positions in Damascus-Aleppo and Aleppo-Lattakia highways to be controlled by the Syrian army after four days of ceasefire declared by the army in Northern Syria.

Sources close to the National Liberation Front terrorist group revealed preparation of Tahrir al-Sham for a new battle against the Syrian army in Northern Hama and Southern Idlib, saying that the group is strengthening its positions in these areas.

Meantime, the Arabic-language Arabi al-Youm quoted field sources in Northern Syria as saying that the Syrian army has in the past few days sent a large number of forces and military equipment, including special forces, to its bases in the fronts near Manian, Dhahiyat al-Assa and 1070 project regions in Western Aleppo and stationed thousands of forces in Southern Idlib in front of al-Sarman region.

They added that in case of Turkey's inability to implement its undertakings to evacuate Tahrir al-Sham from the de-escalation zone, the Syrian army will start massive military operations with the aim of reopening the Aleppo-Damascus highway.

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