Post by Daniel on Aug 24, 2016 9:08:10 GMT -5
Damascus condemns Turkish incursion into Syria
Syrian foreign ministry says battle in Jarabulus ‘not a fight against terrorism like Turkey claims’
By AFP and AP August 24, 2016
The Syrian government condemned Wednesday’s Turkish incursion into the Islamic State group-held border district of Jarabulus as a “flagrant violation” of its sovereignty.
The Foreign Ministry said it “condemns the crossing of the Turkey-Syria border by Turkish tanks and armored vehicles towards the town of Jarabulus with air cover from the US-led coalition and considers it a flagrant violation of Syrian sovereignty.”
Syria’s state news network Sana quoted a Foreign Ministry source who said “any party that wishes to fight terrorism on Syrian land must coordinate with the Syrian government and army.”
The source added: “What is happening in Jarabulus now is not a fight against terrorism like Turkey claims; rather it is a substituting one form of terrorism with another in its place.”
Turkey’s military launched an operation before dawn Wednesday to clear a Syrian border town of its Islamic State militants, and the country’s state-run news agency said Turkish tanks had crossed into Syria as part of the offensive.
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Syrian foreign ministry says battle in Jarabulus ‘not a fight against terrorism like Turkey claims’
By AFP and AP August 24, 2016
The Syrian government condemned Wednesday’s Turkish incursion into the Islamic State group-held border district of Jarabulus as a “flagrant violation” of its sovereignty.
The Foreign Ministry said it “condemns the crossing of the Turkey-Syria border by Turkish tanks and armored vehicles towards the town of Jarabulus with air cover from the US-led coalition and considers it a flagrant violation of Syrian sovereignty.”
Syria’s state news network Sana quoted a Foreign Ministry source who said “any party that wishes to fight terrorism on Syrian land must coordinate with the Syrian government and army.”
The source added: “What is happening in Jarabulus now is not a fight against terrorism like Turkey claims; rather it is a substituting one form of terrorism with another in its place.”
Turkey’s military launched an operation before dawn Wednesday to clear a Syrian border town of its Islamic State militants, and the country’s state-run news agency said Turkish tanks had crossed into Syria as part of the offensive.
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www.timesofisrael.com/damascus-condemns-turkish-incursion-into-syria/
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