PYD digging in outside Manbij

The Syrian offshoot of the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), the Democratic Union Party (PYD) terrorist organization, has started to excavate trenches around the Syrian city of Manbij, in an apparent effort to expand defensive military positions.

The PYD took control of Manbij with support of the U.S. both on the ground and with air strikes.

The new trenches are an extension of existing trenches dug by Daesh during their occupation of the beleaguered city.

PKK headquarters has ordered the terrorists to place significance on mines and trenches in an effort to sabotage the Turkish military and Free Syrian Army (FSA), who announced that the next target after Al-Bab was captured from Daesh would be Manbij.

Turkey declared the PKK's activities to the west of the Euphrates River to be totally unacceptable and to have crossed the limit of its tolerance.

The elimination of the PKK is among Turkey's top priorities, and Ankara launched the Operation Euphrates Shield to improve security and eliminate the threat of terror along the Turkish-Syrian border by removing Daesh and the PKK.

For this reason, the terrorist organization has also expanded the existing trenches and placed land mines to the north and in the western village of al-Safa in an attempt to prevent offensives that could come from Jarablus.

Manbij local Munzir al Sellul and Chairman of the Assembly told Yeni Şafak daily that there are over 2,000 terrorists in the city and education programs in camps are being carried out to gain more members.

A significant cache of guns and ammunition sent to the PYD by the U.S. under the guise of the Raqqa operation has been transferred from the Al-Hasakah -Rimeylan base and Ayn Isa region to Manbij.

Upon capturing Al-Bab from Daesh, Turkish officials announced that the next target would be Manbij and Afrin in order to clear the area of PKK and PYD terrorists.