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The National Intelligence Organization (MIT) identified the location where the operations were held as a point of convergence for terrorists seeking to cross into opposition-held areas in northern Syria to carry out attacks. It was also this area in Manbij where terrorists launched rocket and mortar attacks. Security sources said that after aerial surveillance and land reconnaissance, MIT teams launched simultaneous operations on Sunday night, neutralizing terrorists and demolishing a compound used by the YPG/PKK dailysabah 

Il problema delle strategie americane è che queste vengono adottate in maniera personalizzata da alleati e interlocutori, così creando problemi che si vanno a sommare a quelli che gli americani stavano cercando di risolvere con le suddette strategie.