OperationPeaceSpring day 7 A total of 595 terrorists have been killed since Turkey started OperationPeaceSpring in northern Syria against YPG/PKK – Turkey’s Defence Ministry
Turkey-backed Syrian National Army members take down the Tel Abyad Military Council flag at the border town of Tal Abyad, Syria, October 14, 2019. A total of 595 YPG/PKK terrorists have been killed since the beginning of Turkey's anti-terror operation in northern Syria, the National Defense Ministry said.US imposes new sanctions on Turkey
According to US law, those mentioned on the sanctions list face blocking of their properties and are prevented from having trade relations with the US.Vice President Mike Pence says he's being dispatched to the Middle East by President Donald Trump. The California Democrat says the measure must be stronger than sanctions on Turkey Trump announced Monday.He's been drafting a bipartisan measure to bar weapons sales to Turkey and impose sanctions on the US assets of Turkish leaders.
Without mentioning President Trump, the Kentucky Republican used a written statement Monday to criticise Trump's recent decision to pull US forces from the area. He said the troops will "redeploy and remain in the region." He described their mission as "monitoring the situation" and preventing a "repeat of 2014," when Daesh militants who had organised in Syria as a fighting force swept into neighbouring Iraq and took control of Iraq's north and west.
In Washington, Trump said in a statement that he was halting trade negotiations with Turkey and raising steel tariffs. He said he would soon sign an order permitting sanctions to be imposed on current and former Turkish officials. "Before they got there, PKK/YPG terrorists set free the Daesh militants in an attempt to fuel chaos in the area," he said, claiming that no doors had been broken in the prison.
He also slammed the European Union and Arab League for their criticism of Turkey's operation and asked for international funds for Ankara's ''safe zone'' plans in northeast Syria. "It seems there will be no problem [during the operation] in Kobani [Ayn al Arab] with Russia’s affirmative approach. Also, we are in the process of carrying out [the operation] in Manbij as we planned".
“Daesh is an enemy of Turkey, and we will not stop fighting them until they are completely eradicated,” Communications Director Fahrettin Altun wrote on Twitter. “Despite this, those who continue to push accusations about our country regarding Daesh have no good intentions,” he added.Senior officials of Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus on Sunday voiced support for Turkey’s recently launched operation in northern Syria.
The decision came a week after US President Trump announced that the US would pull back its forces from the Syrian border after a telephone call with Turkish President Erdogan.French President Emmanuel Macron is holding an emergency security meeting Sunday night to discuss the Turkish operation, and said he's working with Germany on unspecified new initiatives to end it.
Anadolu Agency reporters in Turkey's border district of Akcakale in southeastern Sanliurfa province shot footage in which fighters of Syrian National Army can be seen cheering after taking control of the Tal Abyad city centre. Turkey's defence ministry said that its forces had taken control of the key M-4 highway in northern Syria as part of its operation against PKK/YPG militants.
The ongoing military operation has killed 440 terrorists, injured 26 and captured 24, the president added. Turkish armed forces together with its allies, the Syrian National Army, have been successful in dismantling the terrorist corridor established by the PKK/YPG.They are facing resistance by PKK/YPG terrorists.Since the operation began five days ago, almost 500 terrorists have been killed.Turkey's Operation Peace Spring in northern Syria liberated a district in the city of Tal Abyad from terrorists on Sunday as it before moving into the city centre.
"I don't think our soldiers should be there for the next 50 years guarding a border between Turkey and Syria when we can't guard our own borders at home," Trump says In Turkey, a civilian succumbed to his wounds sustained from a cross-border mortar attack by YPG/PKK terrorists on Friday. The statement outlined that every kind of measure was being taken in order not to harm the US base, adding that terrorist sources of harassment fire 1km south of the US observation post were targeted. A US official said earlier that an explosion occurred near a US military outpost in northern Syria, but no personnel were reported hurt.
The killings took place in the border district of Suruc in the Sanliurfa province amid Turkey’s newly launched anti-terror operation in northern Syria.A total of 342 terrorists have been killed since the start of Operation Peace Spring in northern Syria this week, Turkish Defence Minister Hulusi Akar has said.
“Nine more PKK/PYD-YPG terrorists neutralised in air operation within the scope of Operation Peace Spring. A total of 228 terrorists neutralised so far since Turkey started Operation Peace Spring in northern Syria," the ministry said on Twitter.The US-led anti-Daesh coalition's "demographic engineering" in northeastern Syria prompted Turkey's military operation in the area, Russia's envoy to the UN charged Thursday.
During the session, the divided UNSC did not agree on Turkey's operation in northeast Syria, despite Europeans demanding a halt to military action.At least six civilians, including a nine-month-old baby boy were killed and 46 injured as rockets and mortar shells fired by YPG/PKK terrorists in Syria hit Turkish border towns, Turkish authorities said.
Erdogan added that doors were open to anyone who leaves terrorist PYD/PKK, acts to protect their homes and honour, whether Arabs, Kurds or others. "We are hosting 300,000 Kurds from Kobani, Syria," Erdogan said while rebuffing claims that Turkey is anti-Kurdish.Russia understands Turkey’s concerns over its border security, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said.
"Our heroic commandos who are participating in Operation Peace Spring continue to advance [into the region] east of the Euphrates River in northern Syria," the ministry said on Twitter. Speaking at a press conference at the White House, Trump said Turkish President Erdogan wanted to repatriate the refugees.
YPG/PKK targets at the Rami Airbase and its ammunition depot near Ayn Isa district, as well as five villages, including Aluk and Tal Fender, were hit by Turkish F-16 jets. "It is carried out respectfully to the territorial integrity of Syria in line with the country’s right borne out of international law, UN Security Council resolutions on fighting against terrorism and under the right to "self-defence" of the UN Charter," it said.
Stoltenberg told reporters that Turkey had "legitimate security concerns" and had informed NATO about its attack earlier in the day. "I call on Turkey as well as the other actors to act with restraint and to stop operations already as we are speaking under way," Juncker said at the European Parliament.Turkey "is willingly risking further destabilising the region and a resurgence of IS" [Daesh] by attacking northeastern Syria, German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas said.
The Turkish president said the operation will neutralise terror threats against Turkey and lead to the establishment of a safe zone that will facilitate the return of Syrian refugees to their homes. They belong to FSA, a coalition of groups backed by Ankara, which is now regrouped as the Syrian National Army.
US President Trump said his country's troops should never have been in the Middle East and the US moved "our 50 soldiers out" ahead of imminent Turkish operation in northern Syria. He said, "There's a terror organisation on our southern border. This poses serious threats to our security. We often confiscate American weapons inside our own borders. Those were given to the YPG.""Over 300,000 Syrian Kurds were sent to Turkey as refugees because they disagreed with them," he said.
"At this critical juncture, the international community must rally behind Turkey's rebuilding and stabilisation efforts," he added.
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