Turkish-backed armed groups are preparing to move towards the border gates for the operation east of the Euphrates. They will enter Turkey for the operation.

The Commander-in-Chief of the Syrian Democratic Armed Forces, Mazlum Abdi: "We are considering a partnership with Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, with the aim of fighting Turkish forces."

Turkish Vice President Oktay: "Our message is clear to the international community. Turkey is not a country will act with threats."

US ISR Super King Air 350 orbiting over Hasakah

The Guardian understands that the SAS and French special forces present in Northern Syria would be tasked with securing the camp perimeters if the Kurds withdrew. Any kind of SDF-Turkish handover of prisoners seems far-fetched at this point

9 militants identified in Hakurk and Haftanin in northern Iraq, coordinated by Turkish army and MIT, neutralized in air strikes

Agence France-Presse: Iranian Foreign Minister informs his Turkish counterpart Iran's opposition to any military action in northern Syria

"I've told President Ergogan I hope he's going to treat everybody with respect," @POTUS, in the room with military leaders, says in reply to a reporter's question

Turkish military movement in Kilis https://t.co/pKxB7jjREn —

The Turkish defence ministry has posted a tweet saying all preparations for a possible military operation into northeastern Syria are completed

White House: Turkey will be responsible for the security of civilians and any humanitarian assistance

A Turkish Armed Forces convoy is making entrance at Jarabulus. https://t.co/cZI63ApjpY —

Trump: If Turkey takes any step beyond its borders, we can harm it and harm its economy

"We're going to be watching Turkey," adds @POTUS

Trump: We have only 50 soldiers in northern Syria

US secretary of state Pompeo talked with his UK counterpart on phone about the Turkish military operation in Syria

Sputnik Agency: Turkish vehicles and armored vehicles entered the gate of Jarablus towards Manbij countryside

"Syrian National Army" commander: We will not allow pro-Assad forces to enter Manbij. We'il be in town soon.

Turkish aircraft flying near the border with Dêrika Hemko

Reports of airstrike near the syrian-turkish border in Dêrik (al-Malikiya) and Tewil hill are false and misleading, no airstrike was reported in the areas mentioned.

@JZarif and Turkish counterpart Mevlut Çavusoglu discuss latest developments in northeastern Syria (i.e. reports of Turkish strikes on Kurdish positions) in phone conversation

Syrian Observatory: Turkish forces fire two shells on a group that tried to cross to the Turkish side

Coalition military trucks carrying aid and equipments enters northeastern Syria from Kurdistan region - SOHR

Syrian Observatory: Turkish planes fly over the border triangle between Turkey, Syria and Iraq

[email protected] : Turkey targeting Kurdish positions in Tal Tawil in Al-Malkiyah

Local source confirm that no YPG or SDF were targeted, report of SDF casualties are false.

The Turkish bombing took place near Khanke which is an Ezidi village and near a refugee camp that holds many orphanages of the ISIS genocide

Turkey army started bombing near border of Northern Syria and Turkey https://t.co/dDXUkEOQb7 —

Turkish Military TCS01 UAV active close to northwest Syria border. 1916z

Tanks were delivered by the Turkish Armed Forces to the Syrian border.

Reports of Turkish artillery shelling of sites of Kurdish units in the countryside of the border town of Malikiyah between Turkey and Syria north of Hasakah

This airstrike come one hour after International Coalition has sent reinforcements to U.S-backed Syrian democratic forces. According to local source, mortars were fired near the Syrian-Iraqi border.

Syria: video showing Turkish Air Force targeting area of Semalka border crossing with Iraq (used to transfer supplies) https://t.co/LLU9zjCzwR —

Senior US defence official tells: We disconnected the Turkish millitary from our ISR system (Intelligence, Surveillance & Reconnaissance) and the air tasking order (ATO) (Joint Forces Air Component Commander controls air forces within a joint operations environment)

Turkish Air forces carried out airstrikes near Semalka border crossing.

"A precipitous withdrawal of U.S. forces from Syria would only benefit Russia, Iran, and the Assad government. And it would increase the risk that ISIS and other terrorist groups regroup."@senatemajldr McConnell on Syria Withdrawal

Small settlements between Ras al Ayn and Tel Abyad are evacuating

Serbian, Turkish police to combat organized crime and terrorism together

"We have shut down Turkish participation in the air. Right we are controlling the airspace over northeast Syria," a senior @StateDept official says. "We have no intention in the immediate near future to change that"

Video documenting the withdrawal of the SDF from the Al-Omar oilfield, east of Deir ez-Zur, to the border with Turkey. Dozens of fighters and 13 military vehicles leave Hasakah. https://t.co/f38Adi48em —

Increased rhetoric for an intervention in NE Syria by opposition factions supported by Turkey. 8000 SNA fighters from Hamza Division, Ahrar al-Sham & Suleiman Shah Brigade will be deployed to the Tal Abyad front according to @osamh0890

Furqat al-Hamza cmd. Sayf Abu Bakr with SIG MoD Salim Idris, satellite imagery of Serê Kaniyê on the table and tv

Senior State Dept official calls planned Turkish incursion into Syria 'a very bad idea' & that U.S. does not support it in any shape, or form. Adds Erdogan sought U.S. military support in the phone call with Trump, but Potus declined

OFAC/SDN @USTreasury listed & Russian Ministry of Defense @mod_russia owned Oboronlogistika's Russia flag cargo ship Pizhma returned from Tartus Syria & transited Bosphorus towards Black Sea en route to Novorossiysk carrying ISO boxes

UN Secretary-General calls on all parties to exercise restraint in northern Syria

The senior State Dept official also said the US priority is unchanged from what @secpompeo said in January: "the importance of ensuring that the Turks don't slaughter the Kurds." But didn't say how the US would enforce that

Senior State Dept official also said withdrawal doesn't reflect change in US position - Trump opposes Turkish incursion. Said it was done for 2 reasons: get troops out of harm's way if Turkey attacks, and to make sure US didn't tacitly support Turkish move with troop presence

In a briefing with reporters just now, a senior State Dept official said the number of troops being withdrawn in NE Syria was less than the number of people in the briefing room (26), and from only two outposts

Pentagon statement on Syria

Tusk: I am in permanent contact with President @AnastasiadesCY. Turkey's continued illegal drilling activities only undermine good neighbourly relations between the EU and Turkey. The EU stands united behind Cyprus

Lindsey Graham: Just spoke to Sen @ChrisVanHollen about situation in Syria. We will introduce bipartisan sanctions against Turkey if they invade Syria and will call for their suspension from NATO if they attack Kurdish forces who assisted the U.S. in the destruction of the ISIS Caliphate

[email protected] : As I have stated strongly before, and just to reiterate, if Turkey does anything that I, in my great and unmatched wisdom, consider to be off limits, I will totally destroy and obliterate the Economy of Turkey (I've done before.). They must, with Europe and others, over

US forces evacuated its base in Mabrouka, west of Rasulayn. -reports

Dozens of residents of Tal Abyad and its surroundings in Al-Raqqa countryside are evacuating following the withdrawal of US forces

Trump: Kurds fought with us but they got huge sums of money and equipment to do that, they have been fighting Turkey for decades

Turkish Air Forces conducted an air patrol & reconnaissance mission along the border. It's expected to be continue

In Turkish-controlled parts of northern Syria (al-Rai) a VBIED exploded - the latest in a series of such attacks https://t.co/NBih6ikxUr —

Trump: Turkey, Europe, Syria, Iran, Iraq, Russia and the Kurds will have to settle the situation

Trump: It's time for the United States to get out of this endless war

A car bomb explodes at al-Shat checkpoint west of Azaz city of Aleppo northern countryside

A US official told Reuters: US military withdrawal from Syria will be limited to "safe zone" near the Turkish border

[email protected] : ...again said "NO," thinking, as usual, that the U.S. is always the "sucker," on NATO, on Trade, on everything. The Kurds fought with us, but were paid massive amounts of money and equipment to do so. They have been fighting Turkey for decades. I held off this fight for

Germany expresses concern over possible Turkish incursion into northern Syria

3 PKK militants killed in operation against Hakkari's Çukurca countryside

Pentagon 'completely blindsided' by White House order to pull U.S. forces back from northern Syria green-lighting Turkish invasion: U.S. officials

Manbij civil council statement "We assure everyone that we are ready to defend our land, our people and ourselves towards any Turkish aggression targeting us, and we call on our people, Arabs, Kurds, Turkmen, Circassians, to join forces with our forces to defend our home"

Al Rai: Violent explosion reported in Al-Rai city, near the Turkish border.

FSA troops are preparing to leave for the eastern Euphrates operation.

Large number of Reinforcements of SDF are sent from Raqqa and Deir ez-Zor to the 370 km border of Turkey.

Turkish President Erdogan has arrived in Serbia

European Commission in response to Turkish possible attack: The Syrian crisis can not be resolved by military means

Kremlin says Syria's territorial integrity must be preserved

Turkish senior official says it is highly likely that Turkey will wait until U.S. soldiers are out Syria operation area before launching offensive; says their withdrawal could take one week

The Turkish Armed Forces: operation in Syria is expected to begin in a few days

Turkish official: Ankara is waiting for the United States to withdraw its troops to start a military operation in northern Syria

Footage from the inside of the US outpost left this morning https://t.co/r6uWDuJp4o —

Turkish media: 14 000 FSA fighters to participate in Turkish operation in North-Eastern Syria

Hasan Hamadah, the Deputy Foreign Minister of the Syrian Interim Government to which the National Army answers, calls upon the fighters in the ranks of the SDF to defect to the National Army

Hundreds of North-Eastern Syria local people marching into the village of "Mashtala al-Azza", east of Tal Abyad on the Syrian-Turkish border, in a demonstration to condemn the recent Turkish threats to invade the region https://t.co/4UtA4P3tfh —

Mustafa Bali, spokesperson for the SDF: We are not expecting the US to protect NE Syria. But people here are owed an explanation regarding security mechanism deal, destruction of fortifications and failure of US to fulfill their commitments

UN official calls on all parties to protect civilians in northern Syria if Turkey launches military operation

UN says 'preparing for the worst' from Turkey's Syria operation

Turkish Energy and Natural Resources Minister Dönmez: Yavuz has reached the Guzelyurt-1 Location, today or tomorrow will begin new drilling

US official: US forces will not defend Kurdish forces in Syria

One of the 3 militants who had been neutralized by the gendarmerie units in Tunceli was Beyan Dara who was wanted in the orange category.

Turkey's Erdogan says US troops have started withdrawing from northern Syria after phone call with Trump

Erdogan: Washington will withdraw its forces and we are determined to clear the area east of the Euphrates at any moment

@obretix: Pictures from the US military outpost on Tell Arqam which was abandoned today

The first consequences of the US withdrawal & failure of the Security Mechanism Agreement: Syrian government forces backed by Russia prepare to move militarily towards the city of Manbij

Turkish Air Force E-7 AEW&C aircraft 13-003 over Turkey

Mustafa Bali, spokesperson for the SDF: Despite the securitymechanism deal and following destruction of fortifications, US forces did not fulfill their responsibilities and began withdrawing from border, leaving the area to turn into a war zone. But SDF is determined to defend NE Syria at all costs

US official: US forces evacuated two observation posts in northeast Syria in Tal Abyad and Ras al-Ain

The @coalition base after withdrawal.

Footage of US troops withdrawal from Gire Spi/Tal Abyad, Syrian - Turkish border https://t.co/oshomDXEXv —

Turkey FM: we are determined to cleanse the area along Turkey's border from militants and secure our country's security

US forces begin to withdraw from Turkish - Syria border early this morning, specifically the area between Tal Abyad (Girê Spî )and Rasulayn (Serekaniye) — YPG affiliated news agency ANHA

SDF: "We will not hesitate for a moment" to defend ourselves against the Turkish operation

SDF: US forces have withdrawn from border areas with Turkey after not fulfilling their commitments

Commander of the Tal Abyad Military Council: We hope the international @coalition will reconsider the decision of withdrawal

Kurdish Sources are reporting the withdrawal of two US soldiers groups,one from Sere Kaniye and the other from Tal Abyad

Any Turkish attack will diminish international efforts to fight ISIS - SDF

Erdogan aims to displace the people of northern Syria and change the stable region into a zone of conflict and permanent war - SDF

In an extraordinary Sunday night statement, the White House announces that the US "will no longer be in the immediate area" of Northern Syria, allow Turkey to launch an invasion in the region and give Turkey responsibility for captured ISIS fighters in the area