CaptainHansGeering

I confused. You say there aren't any rebels. Are there any armed men, which you do not consider rebels, in the town which are stopping the SAA from entering it?

But even anti-government news sites say that there are rebels in the town. It doesn't make sense to besiege a non hostile town.

Could be that she doesn't consider the armed men in the town rebels. I posted a question hoping for a clarification.

Are there many non-locals, i.e. refugees, in the town? Or is it mainly the local population?

1. What he means is that when you are fighting a war you can do a tactical withdrawal. You fall back so the enemy takes the bait falling into unfavourable ground (like entering a valley) and then you attack. Most of the villages on the fronts are empty of people whole leave when the fighting comes.

No that is not what he means. Read the post:

YPG is sidelining on purpose. we will only take from ISIS once they have taken pieces of the city from SAA next to us so that we never have to give it back to assad.

its all politics.

What he says is pretty clear. Wait until ISIS defeat the government and only then attack ISIS in order to keep the taken land. This is a dirty game, not that YPG is the only one playing it but don't try hiding it.