On the 13th, forces centered on the “People Defense Corps” (YPG), an armed organization of ethnic minority Kurds who dominate northern Syria, will cooperate with the Syrian Assad army to combat the cross-border attacks of neighboring Turkish troops. Issued a statement that they agreed. As a result, the Assad administration seems to have begun to advance to the Turkish border. In the future, there is also a risk of developing a collision between the Turkish army and the Assad regime army, which will increase the offensive against YPG.
The Kurdish forces announced in a statement that "Asad regime forces have agreed with the administration to deploy along the Turkish border in order to repel Turkish attacks." The Syrian state news agency reported that the Assad regime troops were heading north to face the Turkish army and heading to the border zone. The Turkish army has a Syrian territory width of about 30 km from the border, and if the Assad administration enters this area, the tension will inevitably increase.
During the Syrian Civil War, Kurdish forces expanded their territories with US support. In the northeastern part of Syria, they declared the establishment of an “autonomous region” and were in tension with the Assad administration. If this cooperation becomes full-scale, the composition of the civil war may change.
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