SYRIA UPDATE
“Music for Peace” project, considers classical music as language of love and Peace
Russian musicians expressed their happiness to be in Syria in the framework of the “Music for Peace” project, which was launched eight years ago to spread classical music and present it on the world stage based on the belief that classical music is the language of love and peace.
https://www.sana.sy/en/?p=153548
Hundreds of Kurdish Fighters Defect From SDF
Kurdish infighting has caused many to leave their ranks and join the Syrian army in Aleppo reports Damas Post.
https://syrianobserver.com/EN/news/47501/hundreds-of-kurdish-fighters-defect-from-sdf.html
Military Situation In Syria On December 15, 2018 (Map Update)
https://southfront.org/military-situation-in-syria-on-december-15-2018-map-update/
Idlib, Aleppo Militants Will Participate In Upcoming Turkish Attack On Eastern Euphrates
Citing a NFL official, the Syrian pro-opposition news outlet said that several groups of the alliance are preparing to participate in the operation, including the Elite Army and the Sham Brigade.
“We in the NFL support an operation in eastern Euphrates against terrorism and separatist factions like the PPK [Kurdistan Workers’ Party] and the PYD [Democratic Union Party],” Enab Baladi quoted the unnamed official as saying.
https://southfront.org/idlib-aleppo-militants-will-participate-in-upcoming-turkish-attack-on-eastern-euphrates/
Syrian Army Strikes Turkestan Militants In Northern Hama
On December 15, militants of the al-Qaeda-affiliated Turkistan Islamic Party (TIP) attempted to launch attacks on several towns in the government-held part of the northern Hama countryside, according to the Syrian Arab News Agency (SANA).
In response to these new violations of the Russian-Turkish demilitarized zone agreement, the SAA artillery struck several positions of the TIP in the opposition-held towns of al-Ziyarah and Sirmaniyah.
“The strikes resulted in the destruction of several positions of the terrorists, many terrorists were also injured,” the SANA’s reporter in Hama said.
https://southfront.org/syrian-army-strikes-turkestan-militants-in-northern-hama/
Turkey Calls For Coordination With Russia And U.S. Ahead Of Operation In Syria
On December 15, Ibrahim Kalin, an adviser of the Turkish President, said that Turkey is looking to coordinate its moves in Syria with Russia and the U.S. in order to avoid any military confrontation.
“We support the fight against terrorists, so we want to coordinate our efforts … Our Armed Forces will be in close contact with Americans, Russians and other members of the coalition in Syria, in order to precisely avoid any confrontation,” Kalin said on the sideline of the Doha Forum, according to Vestnik Kavkaza.
Furthermore, the Turkish diplomat stressed that his country will not tolerate the presence of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) on its border with Syria. The PKK is designated by Ankara as a terrorist group.
“We can’t allow the presence of any terrorist group on our border, and we can’t allow northeastern Syria to become a stronghold of the PKK,” RT Arabic quoted Kalin as saying.
https://southfront.org/turkey-calls-for-coordination-with-russia-and-u-s-ahead-of-operation-in-syria/
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