According to field sources, the Syrian regime began the establishment of a military operations room north of Hasakah under the direct supervision of the head of the National Security Bureau, Major General Ali Mamluk. The operations room will include all local and foreign militias.

The sources said that Mamluk presided over an extended meeting that included militias from the Lebanese Hezbollah, Zainabion Brigade, the Iraqi National Guard, the Armored Forces of the Island, the 154th Brigade (Special Forces) and the Mount Kokoub regiment, while the Kurdish protection militias that control large areas in Hasakah and its countryside, according to the news website "Arabi 21".

According to the source, the purpose of the formation of the operations room is that the regime to be well-prepared for any possible developments on the border between the Kurdish protection militias and the Turkish army, or any possible confrontation after Turkey began the military operation of "Olive Branch."

The Syrian regime controls the security square inside the center of Hasakah province, as well as security headquarters in the city of Qamishli, while the "protection militia" controls the entire governorate and its countryside.

Turkey has vowed via statements made by the government spokesman "Bakir Buzdag" to carry out military operations east of the Euphrates River and Manbij; explaining that it will be separate from the battle, "Olive Branch," whose operational range in the area of Afrin.

It is noteworthy that the Turkish army sent military reinforcements to the border gate with the city of Ras al-Ain (west of Hasakah) in conjunction with a very-often artillery shelling on the positions of the Kurdish protection forces at the police station, "Abu al-Sun".