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Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Tuesday that Ankara will resume its anti-terror Operation Peace Spring in northern Syria once a US-brokered pause expires on Tuesday if promises given by Washington are not kept, SIA reports referring to TRT.
At least 20 civilians, seven Turkish soldiers and 79 members of the Syrian National Army were killed in the operation, Erdogan said before departing to meet Russian President Vladimir Putin in Sochi.Erdogan said that 775 terrorists have been captured or killed since the beginning of the operation.Erdogan rejected calls to extend the 120-hour pause in the operation.
"Will discuss the situation in Syria with Russian President Putin. We hope to end the YPG/PKK presence in areas in which the regime is present and will also talk about the constitutional committee," Erdogan said.An area of up to 2,200 square kilometres had been "cleansed from terror" during Operation Peace Spring, he said.Erdogan said some comments from Iran on the operation were upsetting.On Monday, Iran rejected Turkey's military posts inside Syria. "We are against Ankara's establishing of military posts in Syria ... The issues should be resolved by diplomatic means ... Syria's integrity should be respected," Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Abbas Mousavi told a weekly news conference on state TV.
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