29 Mar 2024
Tuesday 23 January 2018 - 15:36
Story Code : 291126

Iran 'concerned' by Turkish assault on northern Syria

Al-Monitor- Irans Foreign Ministry has expressed hopethatTurkeys airstrikesagainst the US-backed Syrian Kurdish forces in the northern Syrian city of Afrin will come to a speedy end. The statementfallsshort of an outright condemnation andshows the complex nature of Syrias civil war.


BahramGhassemi, Irans Foreign Ministry spokesman, said Jan.21, The Islamic Republic of Iran ismonitoring closely and with concernthe recent events in the city ofAfrin, Syria, and is hopingthese operations quickly come to an end and stopthe deepening or spreading of the crisis on the border between Syria and Turkey. The continuation of the crisis in Afrin can strengthen terrorist-takfiri groups in northern Syria and inflame the fires of war once again in this country.

Ghassemi continued, The Islamic Republic of Iran emphasizes the protection of the territorial integrity of Syria and respecting the national government of this country and preventing the intensificationof a humanitarian crisis. He added that Iran expects Turkey to remain committed to the Astana peace talks that aim toresolvedifferences in Syria.

Turkeys latest assault is aimed at the Peoples Protection Units, or YPG,a mostly Syrian


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