Turkey announces the start of the countdown to launch a military operation in the east Euphrates

Turkey announces the start of the countdown to launch a military operation in the east Euphrates

Jul 15 2019

ARK News: The countdown to the large-scale military operation against the "Syrian Democratic Forces" QSD east of the Euphrates began, and the operation has become a matter of time, the Turkish newspaper Yeni Akkad said.

The newspaper mentioned, according to the translation channel reported by Al Arabiya" that the Turkish army stopped the permissions granted to its members near the Syrian-Turkish border for 3 months, noting that the Turkish army has strengthened its positions near the Syrian border during the last period.

The Turkish army has recently sent additional reinforcements to its units near the border with Syria.

According to the Anatolia News Agency, a new batch of military vehicles, reached the Shanli Orfa state adjacent to the Syrian border, aimed at strengthening the capabilities of Turkish military units operating near the border.

According to the source of Anatolia, the new reinforcements arrived in the area of Aqja Qal’ at in a convoy of 20 vehicles consisting of trucks loaded with ammunition, tanks, and artillery, from the command of the brigade, "20 armored vehicles."

The source added that the new reinforcements were handed over to the leadership of the third regiment borders in the area of Aqja Qal' a, pointing that it is expected to be deployed to a number of sites on the front line adjacent to the Syrian border.

Turkish Defense Minister Khalosi Akar and his acting US counterpart, Mark Espier, agreed that a US delegation would visit Turkey this week to discuss the Syrian file.

The Turkish Defense Ministry said in a statement that Akar and Aspire discussed during a telephone conversation between them, two days before, the developments in Syria and the safe area in the eastern Euphrates proposed by the United States in December, and Turkey wants to control it individually.

According to the statement, Akar said that the Turkish army is the only force ready, qualified and appropriate" and that his country is obliged to take measures against the massive attacks on the Syrian border and its priority is to protect its citizens and its borders for the establishment of the security zone "north-east of Syria,

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