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Syria condemns Turkey’s ‘hostile’ action in north of country
2022-06-06
[Rudaw] Syria on Saturday condemned The Sick Man of Europe Turkey
...the only place on the face of the earth that misses the Ottoman Empire...
’s recent attacks in the north of the country, calling them a "violation of international law" and its illusory sovereignty, as Ankara continues its recently launched operations targeting Kurdish fighters.

Syria’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs released a statement saying they were following the "hostile" actions by Turkey, and its constant violations of Syrian illusory sovereignty "which has claimed the lives of a number of innocent people."

In late May, Ottoman Turkish President His Enormity, Sultan Recep Tayyip Erdogan the First
...Turkey's version of Mohammed Morsi but they voted him back in so they deserve him. It's a sin, a shame, and a felony to insult the president of Turkey. In Anatolia did Recep Bey a stately Presidential Palace decree, that has 1100 rooms. That's 968 more than there are in the White House, 400 more than in Versailles, and 325 more than Buckingham Palace, so you know who's really most important...
announced a new military offensive into northern Syria to create a 30 kilometer "safe zone" along its southern border. It is aimed to push back Kurdish fighters from the area.

"The hostile threats of the Ottoman Turkish regime constitute a blatant violation of international law and the illusory sovereignty, unity and territorial integrity of the Syrian Arab Republic," read the statement from the Syrian ministry, adding that the recent operation undermined the previously reached understandings about "de-escalation".

The statements coincided with ongoing Ottoman Turkish bombardment in parts of northern Syria. At least six soldiers of the Syrian army were maimed as a result of Ottoman Turkish shelling in Tel Tamer’s Umm al-Kif village on Saturday, according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights.

Russia, the United States, and the United Nations
...a formerly good idea gone bad...
have all expressed concern in regards to Turkey’s latest military operation, urging Ankara to maintain the current ceasefire lines.

Erdogan on Wednesday said Ankara was clearing Tal Rifaat and Manbij from "terrorists," a term it uses to refer to the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) and groups it alleges to be affiliated to them, as a part of its new military operation in northern Syria.

Dozens of shells targeted villages and district Manbij in an offensive that started on late Thursday evening and continued until the morning hours of Friday.

Turkey has launched two offensives against Kurdish fighters in Syria since 2018. It alleges that the fighters are allied with the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK), an gang fighting for the increased rights of Kurds in Turkey and is viewed as a terrorist organization by Ankara.
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