Sunday, January 28, 2018

Turkish President Erdogan Said On Sunday That Turkey Will 'Clean' Its Entire Border With Syria



Reuters: Erdogan says Turkey will 'clean' entire Syrian border

ANKARA/BEIRUT (Reuters) - President Tayyip Erdogan said on Sunday that Turkey will “clean” its entire border with Syria in a sign that the Turkish offensive on the Syrian Kurdish YPG group in northern Syria’s Afrin region could be extended further.

Since Turkey’s assault in Afrin began nine days ago, it has increased tensions between Ankara and the United States, which has supported the YPG in other parts of Syria in the fight against Islamic State.

“Step by step, we will clean our entire border,” Erdogan said in a speech after the army said it had captured Jebel Bursaya, a hill that Turkish media had described as a critical position in recent days.

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More News On Turkey's Military Operations In Syria

Erdogan Vows To Clear Border With Syria Of 'Terrorists' -- RFE
Turkish Forces Target Strategic Hill Near Syria's Afrin -- AP
Two Turkish soldiers killed in military op in Syria’s Afrin -- Hurriyet Daily News
Female Kurdish Fighter Kills Turkish Troops in Likely Suicide Bombing in Syria -- New York Times
YPG, Turkey in intense fight for strategic Afrin hilltop -- RUDAW
Turkey asks US to withdraw from Syrian town of Manbij as both sides decide to de-escalate tension -- International Business Times
Turkey urges US to withdraw from Syria's Manbij -- Al Jazeera
Turkish PM's three key messages on Syria -- Hurriyet Daily News
Syria's Kurds say will not join Sochi peace talks -- AFP
Syria's Kurds Won't Take Part in Sochi Peace Talks Amid Turkish Op - Reports -- Sputnik International
'Double standards': Kurds slam US for not fighting 'Turkish occupation' of Afrin (VIDEO) -- RT
How did 'Operation Olive Grove' turn into 'Operation Euphrates Shield?' -- Hurriyet Daily News
NATO leaders need to have a frank talk with Turkey's president — behind closed doors -- Soner Cagaptay, Washington Post
SOHR: 'Turkey supports anything that harms the Kurds' -- DW

5 comments:

Jay Farquharson said...

https://www.google.ca/amp/s/www.rt.com/news/417212-afrin-us-double-standards/amp/

Nope.

B.Poster said...

Anon,

No they won't. I easily predicted this from the start. Assad was going to win. We couldn't prevent this. Russia would never allow his ouster. We could have either stayed out of it or looked for some way to adf value to Russia in this situation. Basically US backed forces will wipe the floor with no one.

Whose dumber? The US for backing a party in this or those who accepted US backing?

RussInSoCal said...

I think the proper description is that Turkey will now EXPAND it's border into Syria.

jac said...

We need to "clean" Turkey of Erdogan with a cruse missile.

fazman said...

Ask the Greeks to do it