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ISIS Attacks SDF Headquarters, Liberates Scores of ‘Terrorist Brides’

Normally, 21WIRE would not disseminate news releases coming from ‘Amaq’ which is said to be ISIS’s in-house news agency, but we’re sharing this report via South Front to illustrate an important point that maybe the US-backed Kurdish-led ‘SDF Forces’ were always unsustainable, in that, without an indefinite US occupying force propping them up, they are unable to fulfill their primary obligations of their mission, namely to secure ISIS prisoners held in detention.

SYRIA: US Work With Russia to Handover Patrols Between Turkish and Syrian Armies in Manbij

IMAGE: Russian military police patrolling area around Manbij (AFP Photo/Delil SOULEIMAN – 2019)
Patrick Henningsen
21st Century Wire

This morning, Russian military officials announced they are now patrolling the region surrounding Syria’s northern town of Manbij, specifically in the areas which separate Turkish troops and the Syrian Arab Army soldiers.

Washington’s Sum of All Fears: Kurdish Militants Cut a Deal with Damascus

IMAGE: Syrian President Bashar al-Assad on the ground and speaking to Syrian Arab Army officers.
Patrick Henningsen
21st Century Wire
Last night, Kurdish officials in northeastern Syria issued a statement that an agreement has been reached with the government in Damascus allowing the Syrian Arab Army (SAA) to takeover key strategic positions along Syria’s northern border with Turkey.

Turkey and ‘The Kurds’ – ‘A Game of Musical Chairs’ in Syria

This week, President Trump ordered U.S. forces to withdraw from northeastern Syria, opening the door for Turkey to enter that region in order to flush-out Kurdish YPG/PKK militants previously working as proxies for the Pentagon, and leaving the fight against ISIS in temporary limbo.
On Thursday, 21WIRE editor Patrick Henningsen talks to RT News International about the current situation and what needs to happen to mitigate more serious complications down the road. Watch:

SYRIA: Turkish Proxies Fight Over Looted Properties in Afrin

Turkish-backed militants loot shops after seizing control of Afrin on March 18, 2018. (Photo by AFP)
On the afternoon of September 28, heavy clashes erupted between the Turkish-backed Sham Legion and Majd Legion in the occupied area of Afrin in northern Aleppo.
Step News, a pro-opposition outlet, reported that the clashes took place in the district of Maydanki in the northern part of Afrin.

UK COLUMN: US Trafficking Weapons to ISIS, Al Qaeda, West’s Plan to Pull Iran Away from China

 While the US and its allies continue to boast about their supposed victory over ISIS, a new investigation by Bulgarian investigative journalist Dilyana Gaytandzhieva from Arms Watch shows another side of the story – evidence of US arms trafficking to terrorists in Yemen and Syria, including ISIS. Meanwhile, Trump announces deployment of US troops to Saudi Arabia in response to… a Yemeni attack on Saudi’s oil facilities?