a few seconds agoErdogan: 850 square kilometers under Turkish Army control
Periskopi(8 years ago)
(8 years ago)Turkey and the Syrian Free Army have some 850 square miles under control as a result of the operation extended to northeast Syria, namely in the African region, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on March 10th. About 850 square miles is under our control. The goal is to have 10,000 square miles [...]
About 850 square miles is under our control. The goal is to have 2,000 square kilometers under our control,” Erdogan declared during a speech in the province of Mersin, reports “Hurriyet”, the Periscope broadcast.
Our concern is not to clear the country of terrorists. Wherever the terrorists are, we'll be there,” he added, referring to the Syrian-Kurdish People's Protection Unit (YPG).
He said, among other things, that Turkey would help Africa rebuild and regulate electricity, water, education and health systems as it did in Jarablus, Ar-ray, Azaz and Al-Bab, as these Syrian cities have been cleared of the terrorist elements of Iraq's Islamic State and Levant (ISIL) during the operation “The Euphrates service”.
Operation “The factory of Euphrates” was launched in August 2016 and completed in March 2017, where it cleared cities at the Turkish border of the ISIL militants. /Periscopi/
