Addressing the Justice and Development (AK) Party's parliamentary group meeting, Erdogan said Turkey entered Syria's Afrin region "to make the region livable and secure".
The president said the "lasting" security of the region was of "utmost" importance for Turkey.
"Afrin city center will be besieged in the coming days," he said. "So that the external aid coming to the city and the region gets cut."
Erdogan highlighted that Turkey would make its red lines clear to everyone.
[aa.com.tr]
20/2/18
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Reports about striking deal between Syrian regime and YPG on Afrin are propaganda: Presidential spokesperson...
ReplyDeletePresidential spokesperson İbrahim Kalın said on Feb. 20 that reports about striking a deal between the Syrian regime and People’s Protection Units (YPG) are propaganda.
“It is clear that the reports about striking a deal between the regime and PYD/YPG have the purpose of propaganda. However, it does not mean there has not been a set of dirty and secret negotiations. ‘Operation Olive Branch’ will continue with determination and achieve its aim, no matter what they do,” Kalın said in a tweet via his official Twitter account.
[hurriyetdailynews.com]
20/2/18