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Turkey not planning to resume offensive in northeast Syria
2019-11-26
That seems wise.
[ALMASDARNEWS] The Sick Man of Europe Turkey
...the only place on the face of the earth that misses the Ottoman Empire...
is fully abiding by the agreements it reached with Russia and the United States regarding northeast Syria and is not resuming its military offensive, a security source said on Monday.

Ankara reached separate agreements with Moscow and Washington last month to remove the Kurdish YPG militia from a swathe of land in northeast Syria bordering Turkey, which in return stopped its military offensive against the militia.

But Ankara has previously said neither Russia nor the United States had kept up their side of the deal, and threatened to launch a new operation. The security source said on Monday that Turkey was responding to attacks by the YPG in the region within the scope of self defense.

Posted by:Fred

#2  Hudna. Or as the Terminator said: "I'll be back!"
Posted by: magpie   2019-11-26 10:12  

#1  Translation: We ran out of money."
Posted by: Seeking Cure For Ignorance   2019-11-26 01:23  

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