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Turkey criticises Russia for attack on rebels in Idlib
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IANS | 29 Oct, 2020
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan criticised Russia for conducting
an airstrike that killed dozens of Turkey-backed rebels in northwestern
Idlib province of Syria.
"Russia's attack on the training center
of the Syrian National Army forces in the Idlib region shows it does not
want lasting peace in the region," Erdogan said addressing his
lawmakers at the parliament on Wednesday, Xinhua news agency reported.
At
least 78 rebels were killed overnight by a Russian airstrike against an
opposition military camp in Idlib, a war monitor reported on Monday.
About
90 others were wounded by the Russian airstrike which targeted the camp
of a Turkey-backed rebel group in the western countryside of Idlib,
said the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights.
Erdogan also said
Turkey had the legitimate right to act once again if militants are not
cleared along its border with Syria, referring to Syrian Kurdish
People's Protection Units (YPG).
Turkey sees the YPG group as the
Syrian branch of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK). The
Turkish army launched Operation Euphrates Shield in 2016, Operation
Olive Branch in 2018, Operation Peace Spring in 2019, and Operation
Spring Shield in 2020 in northern Syria in order to create a YPG-free
zone along its border within the neighbouring country.
The PKK,
listed as a terrorist organisation by Turkey, the United States, and the
EU, has been rebelling against the Turkish government for over 30
years, which has claimed the lives of more than 40,000 people.
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