The Syrian military pulled significant forces into Manbij.
According to social media data, partly confirmed by video recordings, the Syrian military pulled about 1.5 thousand troops and more than 20 armored vehicles into Manbij and the vicinity of this Syrian city. The main goal of confronting the Syrian army is the jihadists, whose numbers, by the way, outnumber the Syrian units in the area by 10 times.
# BREAKING: Finally after hours, almost 1,500 # Syria Arab Army troops arrived at the city center of #Manbij. Previously today, the # Syria Arab Army had deployed almost 20 T-55AVs & T-72B3 armored tanks as well as BMP-1 armoured carriers to #Manbij to confront #Turkish Army. pic.twitter.com/91W0MnILjz
- Babak Taghvaee (@BabakTaghvaee) October 14, 2019
According to the data presented, the main striking force is the CAA tanks, among which the Soviet T-55 and T-72 are the basis, however, according to experts, the likelihood that Turkey decides to intervene in the situation, against the background of regular flights of Russian military aircraft, is scanty , in this connection, the units of the Syrian army are quite enough to provide the militants with powerful resistance and even defeat the superior forces of the latter.
According to experts, jihadists can launch a large-scale attack on Manbij within the next 24 hours, while it is likely that this is an offensive at night, which will allow terrorists to get as close to the vicinity of this city as possible.