Baladi News - Agencies
Turkey’s counter-terrorist operation in Manbij, Syria will start at the right time, AA cited Turkey’s defense minister as saying on Sunday.
“The current Syrian problem areas are Manbij and east of the Euphrates; our plans, preparations and logistics are completed.
"The operations in Manbij and east of the Euphrates will start when the right time comes,” said Hulusi Akar in Hatay, southern Turkey, marking the first anniversary of the start of Turkey’s Operation Olive Branch.
“We have no problems with our Kurdish brothers or Arab brothers in Syria and Iraq. Our only targets are the terrorist Daesh and PKK/YPG," added Akar.
“We will never allow a terrorist state or terror corridor at our southern border. We will continue to fight with terrorists until they all neutralized,” he said.
President Recep Tayyip Erdogan also spoke with Akar and the commando team in a video call.
Erdogan stressed that Turkey's fight against terrorism will continue without hesitation in Syria's Afrin, Jarabulus, and Al-Bab regions.
Noteworthy that since 2016 Turkey launched two military operations in Syria -- the Olive Branch and Euphrates Shield-- both meant to eradicate the presence of YPG/PKK and Daesh terrorists near Turkey’s borders.
Source: Anadolu Agency.