Rojava Information Center: *Update December 10 – Escalation in NES, Turkish/SNA assault threatens Kobane*

https://rojavainformationcenter.org/2024/12/update-escalation-in-nes

"Highlights

– At least 31 civilians killed in past 48 hours during #Turkey’s ongoing military offensive against Kurdish-led North and East #Syria

– Turkish-backed forces seek to advance across #Euphrates toward key Syrian Kurdish city Kobane

– Field executions of wounded individuals in a hospital by the Turkish-backed Syrian National Army (SNA) caught on camera, alongside other atrocities

Turkish and SNA offensive against North and East Syria (#Kobane + #Manbij)

-The #SNA advance has reached the #Qereqozak bridge and #Tishreen dam across the Euphrates, backed by repeated airstrikes by the Turkish Armed Forces, according to the #SDF and reporters on the ground

– Turkish-SNA advance has currently been halted at the Qereqozak bridge, with SDF sources reporting fierce fighting and ongoing clashes, with scores of deaths reported

– Advance is now threatened toward Kobane, Syrian Kurdish city which was the site of #ISIS’ first defeat in 2014 and the inception of the #USA’s partnership with Syrian Kurdish forces

– Turkey/SNA has reportedly taken control of Manbij, a multi-ethnic, Arab-majority city home to around 300,000 people …"