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Turkey will resume Syria assault if US promises not met, warns Erdogan
[DAWN] Kurdish forces are continuing to withdraw in northeast Syria but  ...the only place on the face of the earth that misses the Ottoman Empire...will resume its military assault there once a United States-brokered ceasefire expires on Tuesday if promises given by Washington are not kept, President Tayyip Erdogan said. A five-day pause in Turkey's cross-border military offensive to allow the withdrawal of Kurdish YPG fighters from the border area expires at 10pm (local time) on Tuesday. Turkey says Kurdish YPG militia forces must leave a "safe zone" it wants to establish along its border with northeast Syria. Ankara views the YPG as gunnies with links to Kurdish bully boyz operating in southeast Turkey. "The withdrawal is continuing," Erdogan told news hounds at Ankara airport before flying to Russia for talks with President Vladimir Putin ...President-for-Life of Russia. He gets along well with other presidents for life. He is credited with bringing political stability and re-establishing something like the rule of law, which occasionally results in somebody dropping dead from poisoning by polonium or other interesting substance. Under Putin, a new group of business magnates controlling significant swathes of Russia's economy has emerged, all of whom have close personal ties to him. The old bunch, without close personal ties to Putin, are in jail or in exile or dead from poisoning by polonium or other interesting substances... on Syria. Related: Tayyip Erdogan: 2019-10-21 Kurdish forces evacuate besieged Sari Kani Tayyip Erdogan: 2019-10-20 Turkish forces capture 2 towns near Ras Al-Ayn despite ceasefire agreement Tayyip Erdogan: 2019-10-20 Erdogan says Syrian Army is active in Turkey’s operation area Related: YPG: 2019-10-21 Kurdish forces evacuate besieged Sari Kani YPG: 2019-10-21 Turkey views Syrian Army’s protection of SDF and YPG as ‘act of war’ YPG: 2019-10-20 Turkish forces capture 2 towns near Ras Al-Ayn despite ceasefire agreement Related: Vladimir Putin: 2019-10-21 Russia dam collapse at Siberia gold mine kills 15 Vladimir Putin: 2019-10-20 Hillary Clinton Asked To Leave Costco After Repeatedly Accusing Sample Lady Of Being A Russian Asset Vladimir Putin: 2019-10-20 Erdogan says Syrian Army is active in Turkey’s operation area Posted by: Fred 2019-10-23 |
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