I hope it’s not a secret.
“I hope it’s not a secret.”
If it was, it may be overtaken by events - it is dawn of 29 January (D Day) there now. So there were probably a lot of trucks driving around, and guys kissing their girlfriends goodbye and such.
They may have wanted to time the major movement with the Vienna peace talks, so that the Turks and Arabs are getting lots of heated news bulletins from the battlefield during negotiations.
In any event, they have been building toward a decisive operation all month - this was just the first report that it was kicking off. We will see if the diplomats can halt it.