(MENAFN- Trend News Agency)
Turkey will soon launch new military operations along its
southern borders to combat terrorist threats from these regions,
President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said, Trend reports citing Daily Sabah .
The main target of these will be to resume efforts to create
30-kilometer-deep (20-mile) safe zones along Turkey's border with
Syria, Erdogan told a televised address after a Cabinet
meeting.
“We will soon take new steps regarding the incomplete portions
of the project we started on the 30-kilometer deep safe zone we
established along our southern border,” the president said.
“The main target of these operations will be areas that are
centers of attacks to our country and safe zones,” Erdogan
said.
He did not provide further details but said the operation would
be launched as soon as military, intelligence and security forces
have completed their preparations.
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- Turkey
- Recep Tayyip Erdogan
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