4 minutes agoErdogan warns military operation against Kurds
Periskopi(7 years ago)
(7 years ago)The Turkish military will conduct an operation east of the Euphrates River, north of Syria, in an area controlled by the Kurdish-based People's Protection Unit (YPG). Warning for the military action company has been made by Turkey's president, Recep Tayip Erdogan, who said that in this regard the US has also been announced [...]
Warning for the military action company has been made by Turkey's president, Recep Tayip Erdogan, who said the US and Russia have also been announced in this regard.
British news agency Reuters writes that Turkey is slowly losing patience with the US, which had an agreement with Ankara on creating a safe zone in northern Syria.
After President Donald Trump announced last year that US forces would withdraw from northern Syria, the US and Turkey have reached an agreement on creating a safe zone along the country's northeast border with Turkey, and the agreement envisions that this area will no longer have members of the Kurdish militia.
The Kurdish People's Protection Unit (YPG) was the main US ally in Syria during US operations against Islamic State, while Turkey considers the YPG as a terrorist organisation.
Ankara warned Washington not to make sufficient progress in creating a safe zone, and called on the US to toughen relations with the YPG.
We entered Africa, Jarablus and Al Bab. Now we enter east of the Euphrates. We have announced this for Russia and the US”, President Erdogan said.
