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He further said that the Turkish army had supposed at the beginning of its military operation in Northern Syria that it will materialize its military objectives in a few days but now after over two weeks the Ankara forces have not gained any of their desired results.US Sending Arms to Kurds in Syria
Hamou went on to say that the Kurds have thus far destroyed over 10 tanks of the Turkish army and a larger number of tanks that were operating under the Ankara-backed militants, adding that Damascus has provided the Kurds with medical, rescue and humanitarian aids.
Kurdistan 24 tv network reported on Sunday night that a US military column entered Syria via Iraqi border and arrived in the Kurdish-held regions.See also: Turkish military operation in Syria escalates: Is US base of operations Manbij next? [UPDATES]
Also, the Turkish-language Daily Sabah said that the US convoy arrived in the town of Qamishli in Northeastern Syria after crossing Fish Khabour Iraqi border-crossing that is now under Iraqi Kurdistan forces.
Relevant reports said last month that Washington provided the Kurdish fighters operating in Syria, man-portable air defense systems (MANPADS) within the framework of the secret agreement.
The US had provided the MANPADS to the Kurdish forces in January under the agreement between Washington and Kurds.
According to the news outlet, the MANPADS were delivered to the Kurds in the Northwestern part of Syria near the town of Afrin.
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Dozens of US soldiers have already been transported over the past week, along with weapons and equipment, according to the contractors.Update (Feb. 6): Iraqi Popular Forces Give Last Ultimatum to US Army
"Continued coalition presence in Iraq will be conditions-based, proportional to the need and in coordination with the government of Iraq," coalition spokesman Army Col. Ryan Dillon told AP.
A senior Iraqi official close to Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi said 60 percent of all US troops currently in the country will be withdrawn, citing an agreement reached between Baghdad and Washington. That would leave some 4,000 US troops to continue training the Iraqi military.
A journalist at the Al-Asad base in western Iraq reported that troop movements were taking place at the facility, which appeared to be in line with the contractors' accounts. However, the Iraqi government said the process has not officially begun.
"Clashes may break out with the Americans at any time, and this time no mediation will help the Americans and it is not like the past," al-Hosseini was quoted by the Arabic-language al-Mayadeen news channel as saying on Tuesday.
He described the US military deployment as occupation of Iraq, and said, "It was the Americans who brought the ISIL to Iraq to have a pretext to return."
Al-Hosseini said that the weapons and equipment seized from the ISIL terrorists in the town of Tikrit in Iraq were the ones used merely by the American forces.
In relevant remarks last September, al-Hosseini had warned the US to withdraw its military men from Iraq once the ISIL is fully defeated in the country..
He described the American forces' presence as the biggest obstacle to Iraq's anti-terrorism fight, and called for the withdrawal of all US troops from Iraq after the ISIL will be defeated.
Also, last March, al-Hosseini warned that his forces will target the US forces if they don't leave the Iraqi territories after annihilation of the ISIL terrorists.
"If the US forces refrain from leaving the Iraqi territories after annihilation of the ISIL terrorist group, the Islamic resistance of Iraq will target them," al-Hosseini said.
Noting that the US forces are protecting rather than fighting against the ISIL terrorists in Iraq, he said that the Americans have increased their activities in Iraq in recent days through their military advisors the number of their flights and want to open some space for themselves in the anti-ISIL campaign to be able to render more support to the terrorist group.
Al-Hosseini described the ISIL and the US as two sides of the same coin, and said the Americans' presence in Mosul is not aimed at uprooting ISIL as they plan to make sure of their deployment in the region after expulsion of the ISIL.
He said that the ISIL has been created and nurtured by the US, and added that Washington wants to fool the world again and introduce itself as a partner in the anti-ISIL war.
Comment: The whole thing is a farce. But with every damp squib, the Russiagaters are even more convinced that there was real collusion. The fact that there's no evidence just means that the collusion was super secretive and massive. It's nonsense of course, but hysteria will do that to you. If the crazies have there way, there will never be an end to Russiagate.