Turkey’s Erdogan says to secure east of Euphrates in Syria

Turkey’s Erdogan says to secure east of Euphrates in Syria
Turkey aims to secure control of the region of northern Syria east of the Euphrates river, removing the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK)’s affiliate, the YPG, from the area, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Monday (Oct. 1), Yenisafak reported.

“Our goal is to completely clear Sinjar and Mt. Qandil of the separatist organization ,” Erdogan said during his speech at the opening of Turkish parliament’s second legislative session in the capital Ankara.

Erdogan said the United States had lost credibility by engaging in trade wars globally. Ankara and Washington have been embroiled in a diplomatic spat over the trial in Turkey of US pastor Andrew Brunson.

Despite the tensions between Turkey and the US over Brunson case, Erdogan said: “We hope to develop political and economic relations with the US under a strategic partnership perspective.”

Erdogan also drew attention to relations with Russia, and vowed to further strengthen “positive cooperation in the days ahead.”

A Russian-Turkish agreement in September staved off a threatened attack by the Assad regime and agreed on the creation of a demilitarized zone between opposition forces and Assad militias in the northwest.

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