Turkish Defense Ministry: We Will Only Withdraw From Syria If Borders Are Secured
Turkish Defense Ministry: We Will Only Withdraw From Syria If Borders Are Secured
FM says Turkey has ‘reservations’ about Syria’s deal with Kurdish SDF
Turkish Defense Ministry has issued a statement on Thursday saying that the country will only consider pulling its military out of Syria if the border is completely secured and if they are satisfied that the “terrorism” threat is fully resolved.
Ministry spokesman Zeki Akturk said that Turkey’s military presence was perfectly in keeping with “right to legitimate defense under international law.” Turkey had removed much of its military from northern Syria after the Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) took power in December, but has continued to remain in the northeast, intermittently supporting attacks on the Kurdish SDF.
The Kurds retaining control in parts of the Syria-Turkey border is a main part of this statement, as Turkish officials routinely present the SDF’s largest component force, the YPG, as a terrorist organization and equate it with the Turkish-based PKK, an ideologically similar though distinct organization.
US and Turkish soldiers operating jointly in northern Syria | Image from Picryl
Akturk just two weeks ago presented Syria’s failure to full disarm the Kurds as a “ threat to Turkish security. ” Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa told journalists yesterday there was a possibility Turkey could launch an offensive against the Syrian Kurds.
🔗SOURCE ➡️ Antiwar.com
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