Turkey and Moscow will give 72 hours for QSD to withdraw from Manbij and Tel Rif’at

ARK News… A well-informed Syrian Kurdish source, on Thursday, revealed, that Ankara, in agreement with Moscow, will direct a 72-hour deadline for the YPG and QSD to withdraw from the Manbij area and Tel Rif’at town in the countryside of Aleppo, and hand it over to the Syrian regime, before the start of the possible Turkish military operation.

The Syrian source said that Turkey will give the YPG, which it considers part of the PKK, 72 hours to withdraw with all its equipment from Manbij and Tal Rifaat and hand it over to the Syrian regime.

He added: There is an agreement between Ankara and Moscow to pressure the PYD forces to hand over the area to the regime and to expel the YPG and QSD from northern Aleppo.

The Syrian Observatory had stated, on Thursday, that the forces of the Manbij Military Council of the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) prevented a convoy of the Syrian regime's militants from entering the areas of influence of the Military Council in the countryside of Manbij and heading towards points of contact with the areas of influence of the Turkish forces and the factions loyal to them.

Source: BasNews site

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