The aim of Ankara's military operation in Northern Syria is to eliminate threats from Daesh and Kurds, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said.
ANKARA (Sputnik) Turkey's operation innorthern Syria is aimed atstopping the threats posed byDaesh (banned inRussia) and Kurdish militants, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Wednesday.
"We started a military operation innorthern Syria at4 a.m. this morning, aimed ateliminating the threats posed byDaesh and Syrian Kurds," Erdogan said, adding that Turkey intends toput a stop toattacks onTurkish territory fromneighboring Syrian regions.
Ankara announced early onWednesday that Turkish forces, reinforced byUS-led coalition aircraft, had begun a military operation toclear the Syrian border town ofJarablus ofDaesh militants.