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Turkish president says no new state allowed in northern Syria

Source: Xinhua 2016-12-24 20:14:33

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan delivers a speech during a ceremony for veterans and relatives of victims in Ankara on October 27, 2016. (AFP PHOTO)

ISTANBUL, Dec. 24 (Xinhua) -- Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan vowed on Saturday not to allow a new state to be established in northern Syria.

"We will never allow the founding of this kind of state," the president was quoted by Turkish press as saying to Turkey's Foreign Economic Relations Board in Istanbul.

Erdogan also reiterated a call for the establishment of a "terror-free safe zone" in northern Syria for the safety of Turkey's southeastern border provinces.

Ankara launched a military operation on Aug. 24 in northern Syria mainly to prevent the Syrian Kurds from uniting their cantons for an autonomous region, or worse, an independent state, which Turkey fears might set a precedent for its own Kurds.

Turkish forces and Ankara-backed Syrian rebels have been fighting lately to take the northern Syrian city of al-Bab from the Islamic State, an operation Erdogan said on Friday was "almost" coming to an end.

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Turkish army kills 24 IS militants in northern Syria

ANKARA, Dec. 23 (Xinhua) -- Turkish warplanes and artilleries killed 24 Islamic State (IS) militants in northern Syria on Friday, according to an official statement.

Turkish warplanes struck 51 IS targets, killing 22 IS militants and destroying 37 buildings used as shelters, weapon pits and defensive positions, three arsenals and a logistics center in northern Syria's al-Bab, the Turkish General Staff said Friday. Full Story

 
Turkish president says no new state allowed in northern Syria
                 Source: Xinhua | 2016-12-24 20:14:33 | Editor: huaxia

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan delivers a speech during a ceremony for veterans and relatives of victims in Ankara on October 27, 2016. (AFP PHOTO)

ISTANBUL, Dec. 24 (Xinhua) -- Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan vowed on Saturday not to allow a new state to be established in northern Syria.

"We will never allow the founding of this kind of state," the president was quoted by Turkish press as saying to Turkey's Foreign Economic Relations Board in Istanbul.

Erdogan also reiterated a call for the establishment of a "terror-free safe zone" in northern Syria for the safety of Turkey's southeastern border provinces.

Ankara launched a military operation on Aug. 24 in northern Syria mainly to prevent the Syrian Kurds from uniting their cantons for an autonomous region, or worse, an independent state, which Turkey fears might set a precedent for its own Kurds.

Turkish forces and Ankara-backed Syrian rebels have been fighting lately to take the northern Syrian city of al-Bab from the Islamic State, an operation Erdogan said on Friday was "almost" coming to an end.

Related:

Turkish army kills 24 IS militants in northern Syria

ANKARA, Dec. 23 (Xinhua) -- Turkish warplanes and artilleries killed 24 Islamic State (IS) militants in northern Syria on Friday, according to an official statement.

Turkish warplanes struck 51 IS targets, killing 22 IS militants and destroying 37 buildings used as shelters, weapon pits and defensive positions, three arsenals and a logistics center in northern Syria's al-Bab, the Turkish General Staff said Friday. Full Story

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