MESOPOTAMIA INSIGHT NEWS SYRIA TODAY : HEAVY STRIKES AGAINST PKK CONTROLLED SDF FORCES BY PUTIN – ASSAD & IRAN

29 April 2018 – Interesting, #AssadPutin & #Iran coordinated their offensives in #Homs & #DeirEzzor which started around the same time today. Of course a sign of “allied strength” to Europe & the US. Also part of their dirty gamble: “The harder you hit us in D, the harder we hit civilians in H.”

The #Iran-led ground assault seems confirmed (by more than 5 sources from both sides). Unclear if the #US stands by its ally and defends the #SDF and the eastern bank of the Euphrates river.

Other reports say, the #US did NOT intervene and #Iran-led forces are pushing back Kurdish-dominated #SDF forces from towns east of the Euphrates. “Red line”, @StateDept / @CENTCOM ?!

There are #unconfirmed reports of #US air strikes on #Iranian militias near #DeirEzzor. Earlier, pro-regime sources reported the “Syrian Army” took over the town of #Junaynah on the eastern bank of the Euphrates from US-backed #SDF forces.

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