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Clashes in Manbij countryside
Heavy clashes continued in Manbij countryside, with SDF holding ground against the SNA offensives around Qereqozah bridge and Tishreen Dam. Several armored vehicles of turkish proxy forces were destroyed, including tanks and other advanced equipment like radars, even an (in)famous UAV Bayraktar TB2.
HTS government
The cabinet of the transitional government is getting filled with HTS leadership and close circles of Ahmed al-Sharaa, that is acting as a de facto president of Syria. Names of important Jihadist fighters are being published as heads of ministeries and other important state institutions. Al-Sharaa also announced that HTS will be dissolved in the transition process, probably as a strategy to get rid of the terrorist label and gain legitimacy as new government.
Negotiations SDF-HTS
A delegation of SDF command met with a delegation of the transitional government, including al-Sharaa and other relevant HTS members. They negotiated possible integration of SDF in the new Syrian army that is being organized. An agreement was not reached, but negotiations remain open.
SNA facing problems
Two main factions of SNA (Sultan Suleyman Sha and Hamza divisions) left the SNA coalition to join the ranks of the new Syrian Army under the influence of HTS. Many fighters are dying in the front lines of Manbij countryside. Other fighters and groups are defecting to return back to their homes, now free of the Assad regime, often getting arrested and imprisoned by SNA military police in the attempt.
Women’s resistance
The newly appointed ministry of women affairs in the HTS transitional government, Aisha al-Dibs, declared that islamic law (sharia) should guide Syria and that she won’t let feminist NGOs operate. Many women’s organizations, like the newly founded Syrian Women’s council, made statements criticizing it and remarking the role and the importance of women in the revolution.
ISIS resurgence
ISIS has been increasing their activity and attacking security checkpoints in many different parts of Syria as well as Iraq. They also spread a call for their followers to do attacks in US, Europe or Israel. One message called to “Prepare your belts, silencers, knives, and explosives”. The International coalition has been conducting precise bombings in different locations in Syria.
Repression of minorities
The protests that sparked in several cities after the tomb of an historic Alawite scholar was desecrated were met with military repression, with big convoys of HTS fighters being sent to disperse protests. Some clashes with armed protestors were reported. The druze community also stated their intentions to not integrate their militias into the new Syrian army, challenging the call of the transitional goverment to surrend all the weapons to the transitional goverment.
Revolutionary greetings!
your fellow anarchist comrades from NES