epa07251365 (FILE) - Members of Syrian Kurdish People's Defence Units (YPG) celebrates their victory in Kobane, Syria, 26 January 2015 (Reissued 28 December 2018). According to reports on 28 December 2018, The US-backed Kurdish People's Protection Units (YPG) and the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), which control a 250km territory in northern Syria, asked Assad's Syrian army to take over control of Manbij town in order to protect it from a potential Turkish attack. On 19 December 2018 US President Donald J. Trump announced the withdrawal of US forces from Syria, and on 24 December 2018 he said that Turkey will be clearing the last of IS pockets in Syria. Turkey classifies the YPG and SDF as terrorist organizations. EPA/STR *** Local Caption *** 51764110

Le forze curdo-siriane si sono accordate con la Russia per consentire all’esercito siriano di entrare in due località chiave nell’est siriano, ancora controllate dalle forze curde, per respingere l’offensiva turca in corso nell’area.

Lo riferisce l’Osservatorio nazionale per i diritti umani in Siria, che afferma di aver ricevuto informazioni certe dell’intesa, mediata dalla Russia, tra curdi e governo siriano.

In base all’accordo, le truppe di Damasco sono pronte a entrare a Manbij e a Ayn Arab (Kobane in curdo), rispettivamente a ovest e a est dell’Eufrate.