Turkish authorities plan to hold a military operation against the Kurdish militarized formations in the north of Syria together with the Syrian opposition fighters, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan quotes Hurriyet as saying.
The Turkish president said during a speech in parliament that Turkey will soon hold military operations in two districts.
“The Turkish Armed Forces will soon launch an operation to stage a phased release from terrorists (from Kurdish militias, which Ankara considers terrorists – ed.) of Syria’s regions.” Operations will begin with Afri- n and Manbije, which can not be prevented by countries that claim Ankara’s support and at the same time time is putting Turkey in the back, “the Turkish leader said.
“Undoubtedly, they (the Syrian opposition forces – ed.) will take part and will fight with us side by side, because this struggle is ultimately conducted for them.” Turkey supports the Syrian brothers so that they can become masters of their land, “he added. the Turkish leader.
Afrin is one of the three cantons of Syrian Kurdistan (Rozhava), a Kurdish territorial entity in the north of Syria, the creation of which was announced on March 17, 2016. In recent days, there have been regular reports of Turkish shelling of the area in which Afrin is located.
Manbige is a city in the north of Syria, located near the border with Turkey.
