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Operation in Jarablus Aims to Stop Democratization of Syria – Kurdish Party
The state-run Anadolu Agency, citing unnamed military officials, said tanks crossed into Syria but didn’t provide details.
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“We have seen the determination of the United States on this issue once again”, the Turkish premier said.
Operations by the Turkish army which have been actively fighting Daesh, have significantly contributed to ongoing efforts of the US -backed global coalition against the terror group.
The official was not authorized to discuss the military operations publicly and spoke on condition of anonymity.
Speaking alongside the USA vice president, Yildirim confirmed an agreement with Washington that “PYD elements will not move to the west of the Euphrates and will not be engaged in any activity there”.
Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said Kurdish forces “must as soon as possible cross to the east of the Euphrates”.
“We have made it absolutely clear that they must go back across the river”, Biden said.
Biden’s announcement, combined with the USA air support provided to Turkish forces in the new operation, is an indication the two countries are attempting to ease their strained relations.
“The attack started in the morning and we were able to take control of a number of villages near the town”.
In an interview with private NTV television, Deputy Prime Minister Numan Kurtulmus said Turkey saw Jarabulus “as a national security matter”.
The source stressed that Syria condemns this blatant violation of its sovereignty and affirms that fighting terrorism isn’t done by ousting ISIS and replacing it with other terrorist organizations backed directly by Turkey.
Turkey has launched a ground incursion into Syria targeting Islamic State and Kurdish fighters near the town of Jarablus. He used the Arabic language acronym for IS.
The operation – named “Euphrates Shield” – began at around 4:00am (0100 GMT) with Turkish artillery pounding dozens of ISIL targets around Jarablus.
Pictures distributed by Agence France-Presse showed tanks rolling near the border Wednesday west of Jarablus.
The attack was ordered after Turkish artillery took aim at ISIS targets in northern Syria during the night local time.
Turkey had vowed on Monday to “completely cleanse” ISIS militants from its border region after a suicide bomber suspected of links to the group killed 54 people at a Kurdish wedding in southeastern city of Gaziantep. It also coincides with a Turkish military incursion into Syria to clear a border town of the IS group.
But Wednesday’s dual-purpose operation puts Turkey on track for a confrontation with the US-backed Kurdish fighters in Syria, the most effective fighting force against IS in the area.
Erdogan, addressing groups that have targeted Turkey, says: “You will not succeed”.
“You can not divide our nation”. “You can not bring this country to its knees”.
He said Turkey would support twin operations stretching from the Syrian town of Afrin in the northwest, already controlled by Kurdish forces, to Jarablus, in the central north.
Earlier, it was reported that Turkish tanks entered Syria. And although the Turkish military’s involvement in the Syrian conflict had previously been limited, Ankara has armed and sheltered rebel groups since its earliest days. On Tuesday, it said that around 500 rebels were waiting to cross into Syria.
“There’s been a big spike in anti-American sentiment here, and it’s not being discouraged by the government; some say it’s actually encouraging it”, Peter reports. It said clashes were taking place at the border.
Biden’s visit comes at a hard time for ties between the two North Atlantic Treaty Organisation allies.
Saleh Moslem, the head of the Democratic Union Party (PYD), the YPG’s political wing, tweeted that Turkey was now in the “Syrian quagmire” and would be “defeated” like IS.Erdogan said the operation was aimed at both IS and PYD – “terror groups that continuously threaten our country in northern Syria”.
“They challenged us. They said, ‘This and that will happen to Turkey in Syria.’ Now I am addressing them: You should think of what will happen to yourselves”. Biden arrived in Turkey on Wednesday for meetings with President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Prime Minister Binali Yildirim, in an effort to help improve relations strained by Turkey’s coup d’etat attempt last month.
The operation comes as Syrian rebels prepare to launch an assault on the town from Turkish territory.
It issued a statement welcoming “the support of Turkey and the global coalition for the military operation in Jarablus”, in which “the rebels are carrying out the combat operations”. “Until this threat is removed and the terror threat on our border disappears”.
Earlier in the day, Turkish tanks, special forces, as well as Turkey-backed Syria rebels reportedly crossed the borders toward the city of Jarablus, an IS stronghold near Turkey.
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As much as the mission was meant to strike at ISIS and deny the group from conducting further operations within Turkey, the drive against Jarablus was also meant to limit the aspirations of the Syrian Kurdish YPG militia. “Hundreds of Syrian opposition fighters” also took part in the Jarablus offensive, according to The Associated Press. Turkish officials have blamed IS for the attack.