Erdogan: Turkey will not abandon Arabs and Kurds in Syria

Erdogan: Turkey will not abandon Arabs and Kurds in Syria
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan reiterated Turkey's determination to protect the people of Syria from the oppression of terrorists, saying that the country considers the problems faced by the Arabs and Kurds as its own, DS reported.

We will not abandon Syria's Kurds to PKK/YPG and Arabs to ISIS, Erdogan told a gathering at the Presidential Complex in Ankara Monday (Dec. 24).

Erdogan noted that one of the most important reasons for the suffering of the people in Syria is that they have been divided.

"The same is also true for Iraq and Yemen, Libya and Somalia," the president said, adding that Turkey hosts over 4 million Syrians and has enabled over 300,000 Syrians to return home after successfully clearing terrorists near its border.

"The issue in Syria is not about Arabs, Kurds or Turkmens, it is a matter of liberty and Syria's territorial integrity" Erdogan added.

The Turkish military pushed into Syria northwest in two offensives, carving out a de facto buffer zone to protect its border towns and cities, which were targeted in cross-border attacks by both terrorist groups.

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