Deir ez-ZorAs soon as word got out from the general command of the The Euphrates Liberation Army composed of former Arab SDF units like the "Deir ez-Zor Military Council" that received Khataiyi support to break away and reclaim Eastern Syria for the opposition a large gathering was assembled for a video statement to announce the beginning of "Operation Dawn of Dignity",
"In the name of Allah the most Gracious the most Merciful,
We are the proud sons of Deir ez-Zor and the Eastern Region, we are the Euphrates Liberation Army, we affirm our allegiance to the Syrian revolution, and reject separatist, imperialism, and the plot against our people. We call for total unity among all of the honorable tribes of this region led by the wise and honorable Sheikhs, we call upon all the youth from all the tribes to join the Liberation Army and carry the banner of our pride and dignity. The PKK project to invade Arab lands has been realized, and upon its realization and discovery we erupted as volcanoes and reclaimed our blessed land.
We will reclaim the territory occupied in the north, we vow just as our blessed Deir ez-Zor is liberated from Assad and the PKK we will liberate all of Raqqa, Hasakah and Aleppo, we vow to re-enter Aleppo, we vow to liberate Hama then Damascus.
God is our witness and God is the greatest!"
Antakya, KhataiyPresident Khairallah was expected to speak further on the new offensive as Khataiyi troops were in Deir ez Zor and Raqqa to protect the Euphrates Liberation Army from YPG retaliation for defecting back to the FSA and to prevent Iranian or Assad's forces from entering the liberated east under a deal with President Trump to withdraw US troops from Syria, President Khairallah vowed to defend the areas instead under an Arab-league mission with Saudi Arabia, Jordan and Kuwait, and now it was time to unleash the Free Syrian Army to reclaim their land.
President Khairallah walked up to the podium and began to speak,
"I will make this clear, very clear, this is a Syrian decision by the Syrian people it is not our place to tell our brothers whether or not to attack Kurdish militia groups occupying their cities and homes, we opposed all Kurdish led operations in Arab land as it was obvious it would create issues, and the moment the Arabs rose in Eastern Syria we stood by them and vowed to defend them from their enemies, and now they have taken the initiative to extend the liberation efforts beyond pockets in Raqqa and Deir ez Zor to the entirety of the east, this is their right.
Our forces in Syria are protectors of their brothers, we are not their masters nor their slaves, we are their equals, the advance on the northern border sectors will go on, and we will not stop the revolutionaries from retaking cities that have been lost since 2013. The PKK is not a Syrian faction they are an extension of Bashar who is an extension of Iran.
We reject the Turkish military entering the eastern regions or any region of Syria, this is a Syrian Arab issue, the Turkish are manipulating the conflict just as the PKK and Iranians manipulated the conflict and Syria's honorable people, it is only suitable for the Arab states to intervene and take a role in this conflict, it is our view it is obligatory for all honorable and just Arab nations to support their Syrian brothers in the conquest against the Kurdish Atheists that wish to divide the Syrian Arab land and open it to the Iranian Safavids.
All foreign forces must evacuate from Syria, and allow for the Syrian people to claim their victory, and for the Arab nations to guide them and rebuild their nation to the greatness that it is. If our forces come under fire we will respond fiercely and harshly, so I say rejoice oh Free men of the Levant! Rejoice! Rejoice at your victory and your accomplishments and never let your banner fall for its stars are stained red with the blood of the martyrs!"