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Thursday, October 17, 2019
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Thursday, October 17, 2019
Kurdish politician urges Israel to help halt Turkish offensive
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleA Kurdish politician in a northern Syrian city speaks to Israeli media, asking the Jewish state to help his people and saying the whole region would suffer if the Turkish operation in the Kurdish area isn’t stopped.
“We hope Israel will take action in the diplomatic arena to save the Kurdish people,” the politician, who was only named by the first Hebrew letter of his first name — Alef — tells Army Radio. “If the problems aren’t solved, the entire Middle East will be adversely affected.”
“As a result of the Turkish offensive, [Islamic State] terrorists have escaped prisons,” he adds. “If they reach countries in the region they will be ticking time bombs.”
— Michael Bachner
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