a few seconds agoUS threatens Turkey if it attacks Kurds in Syria
Periskopi(8 years ago)
(8 years ago)While Turkey is fighting the Kurdish armed forces, who have US support to fight against Daesh fighters, US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson has declared that Turkey cannot be involved in an invasion in the Syrian city of Africa. American State Department spokeswoman Heather Nauert has declared [...]
US State Department spokeswoman Heather Nauert has stated Ankara “has not undertaken any action” against Kurds in northern Syria, adding that “we do not want Turkish authorities to flirt with violence but we want their focus to be the fight against I SIS (Daesh), reports “Sputnik International” Transmission Periscope.
On the other hand, Ankara has said that “the right to self-defense by respecting international laws to take measures against a terrorist group surrounding us on three sides, violating our rights, we will be forced to intervene. ”
According to Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu's statement, it says “We have announced them (SHBA) that we will attack in Africa, as well as take action against threats against us wherever they come from. ”
He has stressed that Ankara does not want Washington and its NATO ally to be the opposing side of the conflict./Periscopi/
