Italian Foreign Minister Luigi Di Maio summons the Turkish ambassador over Ankara’s ongoing offensive in northern Syria, a statement says.
The ministry calls for an end to unilateral actions and recalled that the only lasting solution to the crisis in war-wracked Syria was through the United Nations.
Turkey’s intervention has sparked international anger, raising fears of a new refugee crisis in northern Syria and concern that thousands of jihadists being held in Syrian Kurdish prisons could use the opportunity to escape.
Syrian Arab and Kurdish civilians arrive to Tall Tamr town, in the Syrian northwestern Hasakeh province, after fleeing Turkish bombardment on the northeastern towns along the Turkish border on October 10, 2019. (Delil Souleiman/AFP)
The Turkish military, supported by Syrian proxies, launched the offensive against Kurdish-controlled areas in northeastern Syria on Wednesday, despite widespread international warnings.
After an initial phase of air strikes and artillery fire, troops moved across the border and attacked some of the key towns in the area.
— AFP
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