Syrian Sovereignty Restored

With the United States withdrawing from Syria, the territories of Turkish and Syrian Kurdistan were being invaded by Turkish government forces. Western media has claimed that US withdrawal from the region was a failure and a threat to the Kurds. Turkey has not only started to reclaim Turkish Kurdistan, but also crossed over into Syrian Kurdistan. The government of Assad, seeing that Turkey is violating Syria’s legal borders, would send in their own troops into Syrian Kurdistan, not just to defend what the Syrian government views as their territory, but because of a deal they struck with the Kurds.

Assisting the Syrian Army, Russian troops swept into military bases previously belonging to American forces. American withdrawal from the region has been so quick, that they left behind many items in good working condition, such as refrigerators still packed with food and drinks.

As Syrian forces liberated the city of Manbij in what is known as Syrian Kurdistan, their forces will continue heading towards the Syrian-Turkish border. Erdogan did claim that his military will take Majib, but Russian diplomacy and US sanctions are trying their best to make sure that the Turkish leader does not come to any rash decisions.

Turkey is not using its own troops to enter Syrian Kurdistan, but remnants of the terrorist group known as the Free Syrian Army (FSA) are assisting the Turkish troops in the region. So far the FSA has been successful in taking over the city of Tyel-Abad near the border of both countries. How the United States views the FSA today is unknown, but it is true the American government originally supplied FSA troops in 2014 'til 2015 in their fight against the Syrian Government. The US government has turned a blind eye to the fact that certain factions of the FSA were allied with ISIS and Al Nusra. Now the remnants of the FSA are allies with the Turkish government and are being used to help them secure the region. The Turkish government also assisted the FSA in the early years of Syria’s civil war, hoping to oust Bashar Al-Assad from power.

Currently, the biggest problems for both sides are the escaped ISIS fighters who were not so well guarded by the non-professional Kurd Militias. Turkey and Syria agreed to cooperate together in order to fight against the captured ISIS militants. Cooperation between the two is very important if both sides do not want the situation to escalate any further. Russian troops will do their best to patrol the area, and to prevent Syrian and Turkish forces from fighting with each other.

Russian Military Police have a strong presence in the city of Manbij. Prior to the evacuation of American soldiers from the city, they were only allowed to patrol outside of the city, and not inside of Mambij city limits because the Kurds trusted the Americans more than the Russians. Eventually, the Kurds will come to find out that US Military support was not something worth relying on, and now Russian Military Police patrol not just the outer limits of the city, but also can be found inside patrolling the city streets.

So far, Syrian forces were able to liberate the city of Raqqa and the city of Kobani, which is located near the border with Turkey. Russian Military police aid in patrolling the region to ensure peace and stability.

CONCLUSION :

Right now Syria and her people are restoring their own sovereignty, something which would have been obtained earlier had US troops not obstructed those goals in 2016 when Barack Hussein Obama approved the deployment of American boots on the ground.