Turkey and Syrian Kurdish forces are both accusing each other of violating a temporary ceasefire agreement in northern Syria.
The US announced on Thursday it had brokered a five-day pause in fighting to allow Kurdish forces to withdraw.
Friday, 18 October, 2019
Burma-Myanmar: Burma army and Kachin Independence Army (KIA) clash in first battle in Kachin State this year
Forces belonging to the Burma Army and the Kachin Independence Army (KIA) engaged in their first battle in Kachin State in months in Mohnyin Township this week.
Col Naw Bu, who is in charge of the Kachin Independence Organization’s information department, told NMG that there had been no fighting in the state or around nine months, but that it reignited in the second week of October.
Thursday, 17 October, 2019
Turkey: Turkey agrees to 120-hour ceasefire in northern Syria
Turkey has agreed to a temporary ceasefire to allow Kurdish-led troops to withdraw from northern Syria.
The country will pause its offensive in the area, overseen by the US, for 120 hours in order to allow for the pullback.
Wednesday, 16 October, 2019
Burma-Myanmar: Army and Restoration Council of Shan State/Shan State Army (RCSS/SSA) clash in Mongpan
The army fought with Restoration Council of Shan State/ Shan State Army (RCSS/SSA) in Naunghe village tract, Mongpan Township, Shan State (South) on October 15, according to a report from Tai Freedom news agency owned by the RCSS.
The report, quoting a field report from the RCSS, said the RCSS forces clashed with the army, who are intruding in their area.
Tuesday, 15 October, 2019
Syria: Russian military police are now patrolling the contact line between Syrian and Turkish forces
Russia has stepped up its role in the conflict in Syria by deploying military police to the country’s north.
The Russian units are patrolling a contact line between Syrian and Turkish forces, according to a statement Tuesday by Russia’s Defense Ministry. The line runs along the northwestern borders of the Manbij district.
Monday, 14 October, 2019
Syria: Syrian army enters in Manbij and Tal Tamr
Units of the army entered on Monday evening Manbij city in Aleppo north-eastern countryside.
Earlier, the Syrian Arab Army entered a large number of villages and towns in the southern, southwestern and northern countryside of Raqqa, al-Tabqa city and its countryside and al-Tabqa military airport, SANA reporter said.
Sunday, 13 October, 2019
Syria: Kurds strike deal with Damascus for government forces entry of north Syria towns
Syria’s army have begun advancing towards the Kurdish-controlled northern towns of Kobani and Manbij on Sunday, the Kurdish-led administration of northeast Syria said, after the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF)and Damascus negotiated a deal to prevent further Turkish advances in the area.
With Operation Peace Spring, Turkey aims to clear its border with Syria, to settle the Kurdish-majority area with up to three million, mostly Arab refugees in what opponents call demographic re-engineering.