The SDF will increase attacks on border areas and Ankara will respond with new air raids on Kurdistan. Meanwhile, the TAF receives ammunition and equipment.
It is feared it is the prelude to the ground offensive in the quadrant, announced by Turkey. All actors involved stockpile supplies and practice combat readiness.
The TAF, after a logistical stop, resumed the bombing on Aleppo and Hasaka. SDF train with Inherent Resolve. Damascus sends reinforcements, but awaits Russia.
Moscow doesn’t want to get involved Ankara-Kurds conflict. Meanwhile, the TAF intensifies raids against the SDF command and control centers and sources of supply.
TAF attacks continue north of Aleppo and Hasaka. Objective: to weaken the first line of defense of the SDF. Ankara rejects the Russian call for prudence.
The cause is the uncertainty linked to the new Ankara offensive in Kurdistan. The factions fear being squeezed between the TAF and the SDF, who also have the SAA on their side.
At least 550 SAA soldiers deployed in full SDF territory: Ain Issa, al-Bab, Manbij and Kobani in a defensive key against the new Peace Spring operation.
Ankara amasses forces on the borders of Raqqa and Hasaka. In addition, it holds exercises with allied militias and increases the pressure of artillery against the Kurds.
American soldiers patrol the contact line between SDF, TAF and allied militias. Objective: to prevent attacks on the population. Meanwhile, the hunt for ex ISIS continues.