President Tayyip Erdogan said on Tuesday that Turkish forces, which have carried out several incursions into northern Syria since 2016, would remain in the country until Syrians can live in freedom and safety.
“Nowadays they are holding an election, a so-called election,” Erdogan said of a parliamentary election on Sunday in Syria’s regime-controlled regions, after nearly a decade of civil war. “Until the Syrian people are free, peaceful and safe, we will remain in this country,” he said in a speech in Ankara, according to Reuters.
The Turkish forces have set up more than 60 observation points in northern Idlib province backed by heavy reinforcements.
Meanwhile, unknown assailants have opened fire on Turkish observatory point in the town of Termanin, leaving
one opposition fighter killed and two more wounded.
No casualties have been reported among Turkish forces.
Idlib province is home to 3.5 million civilians, according to the United Nations.
The nine-year-old conflict has killed more than 500,000 people and displaced 13,2 million
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