Criticized by Western countries, the Turkish president repeated Friday, October 11 his will to continue the offensive he is conducting in Syria against the Kurdish forces.
Turkey "Will not stop" the operation it is conducting in Syria against a Kurdish militia backed by the West, said on Friday, October 11, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, rejecting " threat " in this sense.
"No matter what some say, we will not stop this" This operation is aimed at the People's Protection Units (YPG) in northeastern Syria, Recep Tayyip Erdogan said in a speech in Istanbul.
"We now receive threats to the right and to the left, we are told" Stop ". (…) We will not go back »insisted the Turkish president.
Turkey on Wednesday launched an offensive in northeastern Syria against the YPG, a Kurdish militia backed by Western countries but described as "Terrorist group" by Ankara.
International Tollé
After seeming to give the green light to this operation, US President Donald Trump blew the hot and the cold, threatening in particular"Annihilate" the Turkish economy if Ankara "Exceeded the limits".
On Friday, Washington said the US Defense Minister had "Strongly encouraged" Turkey to "Interrupt" his operation in Syria, during a telephone conversation the day before with his Turkish counterpart.
The European Union has strongly criticized the Turkish offensive and a French minister said Friday that the sanctions map was " on the table ".
Turkish strategy
Turkey asserts that this operation aims at establishing a "Security zone" 32 km deep along its border to separate it from the territories controlled by the YPG.
"We will continue our fight until all the terrorists have descended south of 32 km" provided by this area, said Friday Recep Tayyip Erdogan.
Turkish offensive in Syria. Turkey "will not stop" operation despite "threats", warns ErdoganOuest-France.fr
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