Syrian army forces head to outskirts of Manbij: reportDecember 28, 2018 - 12:05 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - A group of reinforcements from the Syrian military’s Tiger Forces reportedly deployed to the western outskirts of Manbij on Thursday, December 27, Al-Masdar News says. According to a military report from the provincial capital of Aleppo, a group of Tiger Forces were redeployed to the town of Al-Arimeh, which is located at the western outskirts of Manbij. In addition to the reinforcements from the Tiger Forces, the Syrian military also sent some of their intelligence troops to the outskirts of Manbij, as they continue to amass their forces west of the city. The move by the Syrian military comes just hours after they sent their entire 106th Brigade of the Republican Guard to Al-Arimeh. With the 106th Brigade and Tiger Forces in the western countryside of Manbij, the Syrian military has now deployed an estimated 5,000 troops to this part of the Aleppo province. Top stories Authorities said a total of 192 Azerbaijani troops were killed and 511 were wounded during Azerbaijan’s offensive. In 2023, the Azerbaijani government will increase the country’s defense budget by more than 1.1 billion manats ($650 million). The bill, published on Monday, is designed to "eliminate the shortcomings of an unreasonably broad interpretation of the key concept of "compatriot". The earthquake caused a temporary blackout, damaged many buildings and closed a number of rural roads. Partner news | Russia warns Armenia against “falling into West’s trap” Zakharova maintained, however, that anything that will benefit the people of Armenia can only be welcomed. CSTO: Armenia has not participated in secretariat’s work recently Recently Armenia has not participated in the work of the secretariat of the CSTO, Imangali Tasmagambetov said. Meeting with U.S., EU not against third parties, says Armenia The meeting scheduled for April 5 is dedicated to strengthening of the Armenia-EU-US cooperation, Yerevan added. Ucom launches network modernization efforts in few regions of Armenia In particular, on March 28, the legacy Mobile Switching Subsystem will be replaced with a new one. |