The Syrian National Army (Sleep) began the operation of the Freedom Drunk, aimed at preventing the implementation of the plan of the Red Army/YPG terrorist organization to create a terrorist corridor between the Tel Rifate and the North-East of Syria. This was reported by sources in security forces.
Previously armed groups opposing the regime of Bashar al -Assad occupied the city of Aleppo in the north of Syria.
During the onset of armed groups in the direction of the Aleppo, the forces of the Syrian regime in a short time lost control of significant territories. This prompted the Syrian regime to seek support to the PKK/YPG terrorist organization.
The regime began to transfer the territories controlled by the PKK/YPG forces located to the east of the Euphrates River. As a result of this, a large number of PKK/YPG terrorists and heavy weapons were transported from the east from Euphrates to Aleppo.
The PKK/YPG terrorist organization took the transfer of territories as an opportunity to create a terrorist corridor between the Tel Rifate and the North-East of Syria. However, this plan was torn by the Syrian National Army.
Fixing the maneuvers of the terrorist organization against the background of promoting opposition groups to Aleppo, sleeping the Operation “Dawn of Freedom” and quickly advanced on the battlefield.
sleep tore off the PKK/YPG designs to create a terrorist corridor, cutting off the route between Rakka and Aleppo, as well as blocking the connection between Tel Rifat and Northeast Syria.
YPG/PKK terrorists, with the support of Russian combat aircraft, took control of the Tel Rifat and near the nearby endowed points in February 2016.
The terrorist organization evicted about 250 thousand civilians from Tel Rifate and its environs, forcing them to find asylum in areas near the Turkish border.
From Tel Rifaat, the YPG/PKK terrorist group began to attack areas in the zones of anti-terrorist operations of the Turkish Armed Forces “Shield Euphrates” and “Olive Branch”, as well as to positions occupied by the Turkish security forces and fighters of the Syrian opposition.
PKK/YPG terrorist organization, which occupied Tel Rifat, collaborated with the Bashar Assad regime and its accomplices to maintain control over this area.
with the advance of the armed groups speaking against the Aleppo Center, the forces of the regime retreated from Tel Rifate.