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Erdogan says Turkey will invade Syria again to protect its border

Turkish President and leader of the Justice and Development Party (AK) Recep Tayyip Erdogan speaks at a meeting of his party’s group at the Turkish Grand National Assembly (GNA) in Ankara. | Font: AFP

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Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan this Wednesday again pushed for the possibility of ground military intervention in Syria against Kurdish militias as a necessary measure to secure Turkish borders.

“Our operations with aircraft, artillery and drones are just the beginning. Our resolve to encircle our border from Hatay to Hakkari with a security strip is stronger than ever,” Erdogan said in a speech to his party, the Islamist AKP.

He added that the government Syria and Iraq should not be worried because Turkey occupy or invade these countries, as its operations “will also guarantee their territorial integrity”.

In three operations launched in 2016 against the Islamic State and in 2018 and 2019 against the Kurdish YPG militias, Ankara took control of 130 kilometers of the border strip from the Mediterranean to the Euphrates, as well as another 150 kilometers in the center of the country.

In addition, since 2019, Ankara has maintained forces in the northern regions of Iraq, adjacent to the Turkish province of Hakkari, where the Kurdish Workers’ Party (PKK) has its rearguard. Turkey.

erdogan said today that ground operations will begin “at the most opportune time for Turkey”clear out” various areas under YPG control.

He assured that over the past seven years they have started from Syria 764 bombings of the Turkish provinces of Hatay, Gaziantep, Sanlıurfa and Mardin, resulting in 32 deaths.

Operation Sword Claw

Turkey Last Sunday, a large-scale aerial bombing operation began on the positions of the Kurdish militias of the People’s Protection Units (YPG) in the north. Syria and against the hideouts of the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK), Kurdish guerrillas Turkeyin northern Iraq.

The operation, dubbed “Claw of the Sword”, was presented as retaliation for an attack in Istanbul on 13 November that killed six people, which Ankara attributes to a YPG agent, although this militia denies involvement.

YPG is considered Turkey a terrorist organization indistinguishable from the PKK.

Although the European Union (EU) and the United States consider the PKK a terrorist organization, the YPG is an ally of Washington in the fight against the Islamic State (IS) jihadist group in Syria.

We condemn the terrorist attack in Istanbul and criticize Ankara’s military intervention in Syria “crying crocodile tears” he said erdogan.

Ankara has attributed the attack to the YPG, though the organization denies involvement and accuses Erdogan of looking for pretexts to intervene. Syria with an eye on elections in Turkey next June.

call of russia

Russia asked Turkey refrain from stepping up attacks against Kurdish militias in the north Syria and Iraq to prevent further escalation of the conflict not only in Syria, but also in the Middle East region.

“We discussed the issue of stopping Turkish airstrikes on the positions of the Kurdish side and during the negotiations we asked Turkey to refrain from intensifying the offensive, as this would lead to an increase in the escalation of the conflict not only in Syriabut also in the Middle East region,” said Russia’s Special Representative for SyriaAlexander Lavrentiev.

At a press conference after the 19th meeting of the guarantors of the ceasefire in Syria (Russia, Iran and Turkey), the Russian representative stressed that “during the consultations, we called on all parties to refrain from the excessive use of force.”

Lavrentiev said that Russia maintains close contacts with Turkey prevent further escalation in Syria.

Also, the Russian special representative noted that the solution of the Kurdish problem is an important factor “which can help stabilize the situation in the entire region.”

(As reported by EFE)

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