11 minutes agoAbout 75,000 Syrians return to their homes, Turkish prime minister announces
Periskopi(9 years ago)
(9 years ago)About 75,000 Syrians have returned to their homes after their country has already been liberated after operations led by the Turkish Army, Prime Minister Binali Yildirim said on 15 December. Things have improved in Syria, slowly returning to the right path. By operation Euphrates, we have cleared an area of 2,000 [...]
Things have improved in Syria, slowly returning to the right path. By operation Euphrates, we have cleared an area of 2,000 square miles [2,000 sq km] that was occupied. I SIL and the PKK [Kurdistan Workers' Party],” said Turkish Prime Minister Yıldırım.
About 75,000 of our Syrian brothers have returned to those areas, settled and returned to their normal lives”, he said.
Last year Turkey launched Operation Shield Euphrates, a military campaign aimed at cleaning I SIL in the Turkish-Syrian border region, reports “Hurriyet Daily News”, broadcast Periscopi.
Millions of Syrians have moved and hundreds of thousands have lost their lives in the six-year war, which began with anti-government protests before escalating into a devastating civil war.
Turkey currently hosts 3.2 million Syrian refugees, more than any other country in the world./Periscopi/
