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"Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu ... 'If the Self-Defense Forces [YPG] don’t leave Manbij we will deliver a strike against them. We have openly stated this. If Russia comes in support of the Self-Defense Forces in Manbij or in other place, it will become a problem for us,' the foreign minister stressed"
https://www.almasdarnews.com/article/potential-russian-support-for-the-kurdish-ypg-is-problematic-turkish-fm/
"'However, if Russia makes effort towards clearing the territories of the Self-Defense Forces, we will support this,' the top diplomat added"
http://tass.com/world/934637
"US and Russian troops have been patrolling the outskirts of the same Syrian town ... They have so far avoided contact to the west of the city of Manbij where, only five miles apart, they are patrolling villages 15 miles south of the Turkish border in an effort to keep warring factions apart. Both flew their national flags in a show of strength ... in theory they were acting as a buffer between rival Kurdish and Turkish-backed militias"
http://www.thetimes.co.uk/edition/world/russian-and-us-forces-reach-common-ground-in-syria-ckj9ctvg7
https://twitter.com/Tank_Blog/status/840069045420412928
https://twitter.com/SyrianFaust/status/840073396671062016
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http://www.defconwarningsystem.com/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=8767&p=70991#p70991
http://www.defconwarningsystem.com/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=8807
