BALADI NEWS
Turkey's National Defense Ministry on Tuesday stated that the army was ready to launch its awaited operation for the safe zone in Syria, reiterating that Turkish forces would continue to fight against threats and terror groups such as Daesh, the PKK, the SDF/PYD and YPG, a Turkish newspaper wrote Tuesday.
This statement comes just a day after President Trump’s decision to pull back US troops from the border.
Underscoring that Turkey has suffered the most from Daesh's bloody attacks and has fought the organization within and outside the borders, the ministry said the Turkish Armed Forces (TAF) will continue its fight against Daesh in the east of Euphrates as well.
Mr Trump says it’s all part of his campaign promise to “end endless wars”, but politicians from his own Republican party have condemned the move as “sacrificing an American ally” – effectively abandoning Syrian Kurdish fighters.
Turkey says that the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) is an umbrella group led by the People's Protection Units (YPG) with which Washington partnered in its fight against Daesh. It considers the YPG and its administrative branch the Democratic Union Party (PYD) as the Syrian branches of the PKK terrorist group in Turkey.
Source: The Daily Sabah.