Northern Syria: Rebels supported by Turkey advance attack on a strategic enclave

The rebel Syrian National Army (SNA), supported by Turkey, has announced an offensive against the town of Ain Issa, which is controlled by the Kurdish forces and is very close to the security zone agreed upon a year ago between Ankara and Moscow in the north-east of Syria, although it is outside the zone. “The Operations Room of the First Corps, Ain Issa’s axis, on 20 December 2020: the First Corps forces will advance to liberate the villages of Ain Issa in the next hours”, a fighter has proclaimed in a video broadcast in the last hours by channels related to the ENS…