Turkey on Saturday accused Kurdish forces of violating an agreement to suspend its Syria offensive if they withdraw from a "safe zone" along the border.
"The Turkish armed forces fully abide by the agreement," reached on Thursday with the United States, the defence ministry said in a statement. "Despite this, terrorists ... carried out a total of 14 attacks in the last 36 hours."
The ministry said 12 of the attacks came from Ras al-Ain in northeastern Syria, one from Tal Abyad and another from the Tal Tamr region, adding that various light and heavy weapons, including rockets, were used.
Turkey had agreed to suspend its Syria offensive for five days, but President Recep Tayyip Erdogan warned Friday that he would resume a full-scale operation against Kurdish forces if they do not withdraw from a border "safe zone."
The defence ministry said "for the agreement to hold soundly and to keep the calm with exception of self-defence", Turkey was coordinating with the United States.
AFP
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