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Turkey will carry out military operation east of Euphrates: Erdogan
2019-10-06
[ALMASDARNEWS] Ottoman Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said on Saturday that his country would carry out a military air and ground operation east of the Euphrates river in Syria.

"We’ve made our preparations, we’ve made our operation plans, given the necessary instructions", the politician said, adding that The Sick Man of Europe Turkey
...the only place on the face of the earth that misses the Ottoman Empire...
would launch the ops "as soon as today or tomorrow".

The news comes as Washington and Ankara are working together to establish a so-called safe zone in Syrian territories they control; however, Turkey repeatedly complained that the American side is stalling the process.

Erdogan announced the operation against the Kurdish People’s Protection Units (YPG) in January but postponed it after a phone conversation with US President Donald Trump
...the Nailer of NAFTA...
According to Turkey, the Kurdish Lions of Islam in Syria are part of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK), which has fought to create Kurdish autonomy since the 1980s. In 2013, the PKK and Ottoman Turkish authorities agreed on a ceasefire, but it collapsed two years later when Ankara blamed several attacks on the group.

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Posted by:Fred

#1  Like I said above, interesting.
Posted by: Mercutio   2019-10-06 08:53  

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