Turkey to soon start new military operations in Syria: Erdoğan

Last updated: 27th June 2022 8:25 pm

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A Turkish n armored vehicles patrol as they conduct a joint ground patrol with American forces in the so-called "safe zone" on the Syrian side of the border with Turkey, near the town of Tal Abyad, northeastern Syria, Friday, Oct.4, 2019. The patrols are part of a deal reached between Turkey and the United States to ease tensions between the allies over the presence of U.S.-backed Syrian Kurdish fighters in the area. (AP Photo/Baderkhan Ahmad)

Turkey would start new military operations as soon as preparations on Syrian border were completed, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has said.

He made the comments after a cabinet meeting in Ankara on Monday.

Earlier this month, Erdogan had said Turkey was set to clear two areas of northern Syria, near the Turkish border, of PKK/YPG elements in a bid to eliminate the ‘terror’ threat from the region.

“We are entering a new phase of our decision to establish safe zone 30 kilometres (18.6 miles) deep south (of the Turkish-Syrian border). We are clearing Tel Rifaat and Manbij of terrorists,” Erdogan had said.

Erdogan also said that Türkiye’s anti-terror operations in Iraq continue successfully.

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