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Russian military police starts patrols around Syria’s Manbij
Al Arabiya ^ | 8 January 2019

Posted on 01/08/2019 7:45:27 AM PST by McGruff

Russian military police have begun patrolling around the Syrian city of Manbij, a spokesman said Tuesday, moving into an area once held by US-backed Kurdish forces.

Russian forces are acting in support of Syrian government troops who recently deployed in Manbij, in Aleppo province near the border with Turkey.

Kurdish fighters, fearing a Turkish military assault, invited regime forces into Manbij late last month after US President Donald Trump’s shock announcement of a full American withdrawal from Syria.

(Excerpt) Read more at english.alarabiya.net ...


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; Syria
KEYWORDS: aleppo; manbij; russia; syria; turkey

1 posted on 01/08/2019 7:45:27 AM PST by McGruff
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To: McGruff

Good. Now we should leave as we were promised before Bolton pulled of a coup.


2 posted on 01/08/2019 8:14:42 AM PST by Trumpisourlastchance
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To: Trumpisourlastchance

Pulled off


3 posted on 01/08/2019 8:15:04 AM PST by Trumpisourlastchance
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To: McGruff

Gonna bet the Turks won’t mess with Russians protecting Syrians, army and kurds. And the Russians will kill ISIS and sort out, coopt and divide the islamist militias against each other as they did and are doing in other parts of Syria


4 posted on 01/08/2019 8:35:57 AM PST by silverleaf (A man who kneels for the national anthem doesn't stand for much of anything)
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To: McGruff

The way it should have been to begin with. FUObama,FUMcCain and FUClinton.


5 posted on 01/08/2019 9:29:24 AM PST by shanover (...To disarm the people is the best and most effectual way to enslave them.-S.Adams)
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