Turkey’s Erdogan threatens new military operation in Syria
Ankara is ready to launch a new military campaign similar to the Operation Euphrates Shield in northern Syria, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Wednesday, Sputnik News reports.
“Presently, negative processes are underway in Syria. In case they lead to a threat to our borders, we will respond the same way as during the Euphrates Shield operation,” Erdogan told the Russian Izvestia newspaper, adding that Turkey would not allow establishment of a Kurdish state in Syria and was ready to carry out another large-scale military campaign if needed.
Izvestia newspaper reminds that Ankara considers the Kurdish forces as a terror group. The newspaper notes that Erdogan’s above-mentioned statement caused great anxiety in Moscow and Washington.
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