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Wednesday, August 24, 2016
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Wednesday, August 24, 2016
Russia ‘deeply concerned’ by Turkish operation in Syria
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleRussia’s Foreign Ministry expresses concern at Turkey’s military operation in Syria, warning of rising tension over Ankara’s targeting of Kurdish militia fighters at the border.
“We are deeply concerned at what is happening in the Syrian-Turkish border area,” the ministry says in a statement.
Turkey’s air and ground operation risks “further degeneration of the situation in the conflict zone,” Moscow warns.
The Turkish offensive targeting both Islamic State extremists and Syrian Kurdish militias could lead to deaths among peaceful civilians and “flare-ups of inter-ethnic tensions between Kurds and Arabs,” it adds.
— AFP
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