Erdogan vows that no one will touch Syria

2024-12-10 10:10:41Kosova&Bota SHKRUAR NGA REDAKSIA VOX
Erdogan vows that no one will touch Syria
Recep Tayyip Erdogan

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan vowed that Syria's territorial integrity and sovereignty will be protected at all costs and that Turkey has no intention of invading there.

"Turkey has no regard for the territory or sovereignty of another state. The territorial integrity of Syria must be protected at all costs. Syria belongs to Syrians with all their ethnic, religious or sectarian identities. The people of Syria will decide the fate of Syria," Erdogan said during a speech in Ankara on Monday evening.

Erdogan added that he will open the border crossing with Syria, Yayladagi, to facilitate the voluntary return of Syrian refugees to their country, following the overthrow of Bashar Al-Assad.

After 13 years of civil war, rebels managed to take control of Damascus while the president and his family fled to Moscow.

Immediately after the regime's fall, Israel took control of the buffer zone between the two states in the Golan Heights, while there are reports that Israeli army tanks have entered Syrian territory.

Israel has also carried out several airstrikes in Syria since the rebels began their march towards Damascus.

Several declared terrorist organizations also operate there, such as the Kurdistan Workers' Party and the Islamic State.


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