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From the Liveblog of
Monday, August 29, 2016
From the Liveblog of
Monday, August 29, 2016
Turkey says goal of Syria push to prevent Kurd corridor
Turkey says one of the key aims of its unprecedented operation in northern Syria is to prevent the creation of a corridor stretching from Iraq to the verge of the Mediterranean controlled by Kurdish militia, confirming long-help suspicions.
The goal of the operation is to rid the region of Islamic State jihadists and prevent the Syrian Kurdish People’s Protection Units (YPG) militia “from completing an end-to-end corridor” across Syria, Deputy Prime Minister Numan Kurtulmus is quoted as saying by NTV television.
“If that happens, it means Syria has been divided,” he adds.
— AFP
