
© AFP2017/STR/Turkish Presidential Press OfficeTurkish President Erdogan
A day after the Turkish president announced a new military operation in Syria's Idlib, he again lashed out at the West over its alleged "support" of terrorist groups.Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has said that the "West's shadow" is behind terrorist groups, including Daesh and al-Qaeda. He yet again accused the US-backed Syrian Kurds, Ankara believes to be linked to the PKK (outlawed in Turkey), of
attempts to create a "terrorist corridor from Afrin to the Mediterranean" on the border with Turkey and vowed to defend his country's security."Islamic State [Daesh, ISIS, banned in Russia], al-Qaeda, PKK - behind all these organizations you will see the shadow of the West. All of them find refuge in the West. Where is
FETO? Also in the West. They receive very serious financial support," President Erdogan said as quoted by RIA Novosti on Sunday, speaking to activists of the ruling Justice and Development Party.
Commenting on the upcoming
military operation by the Turkish army to support Free Syrian Army rebels' fight against al-Nusra Front in Idlib, Erdogan said that the situation on the border with Syria is a threat to Ankara and "if we didn't take our measures, bombs would fall on our cities," referring to a deal on the creation of a de-escalation zone in the area brokered by Moscow, Tehran and Ankara.
Our efforts in Idlib are going on, in cooperation with the Free Syrian Army, without problems at the moment," he said, adding that
Ankara's actions are in line with decisions made at the last round of the Astana talks on the Syrian settlement backed by Russia, Iran and Turkey.
Comment: Whether there are real bombs or not, these threats take their toll. Craziness is spreading on a global scale.
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