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As details emerge from SDF and local sources, today’s impressive defence of Manbij is proof that a lightly armed but well prepared and highly disciplined defender can inflict intolerable losses on a more numerous & much better equipped attacker, even one with total air supremacy.

Dani Ellis

@lapinesque.com

Pro-Turkish sources are still claiming that the city has fallen while Manbij Military Council members are freely moving about filming videos of the streets absolutely littered with SNA dead.

8/12/24, 7:00 pm3 reposts10 likes

Dani Ellis

@lapinesque.com

8 Dec 2024

This absolutely does not mean that the city can hold out indefinitely, but it is a huge morale boost, proves that the SDF have learned important lessons from 2018-19 wars, and crucially shows that a multi-ethnic force can work effectively together under extreme pressure.