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Turkey denies military intervention in Syria
Turkish Foreign Ministry spokesperson Selçuk Ünal on Thursday denied a report suggesting that Turkey might launch a military operation in Syria to overthrow President Bashar al-Assad's regime.
Ünal told Today's Zaman that “the allegations raised in a Kuwaiti newspaper report do not represent the truth whatsoever and it was obviously based on false reporting.”
Kuwaiti newspaper As-Seyassah reported on Monday that Turkish officials had told Western countries that Turkey might launch a military operation in Syria's north to overthrow President Assad's regime.
“Turkey informed Britain, France, Italy, Germany and the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) leadership of the possibility that it would launch an offensive in … Aleppo, Homs, Hama and Latakia,” As-Seyassah daily quoted an unnamed British officials as saying. The As-Seyassah report was carried by the Lebanese news website nowlebanon.com.
The Turkish Foreign Ministry underlined, however, that the allegations were simply not true and that the report was based on false information.
The Syrian government's crackdown on anti-regime protesters has brought once-close Turkish-Syrian relations to a breaking point, with Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan describing the Syrian response to protests as “savagery.”
The Turkish criticism of the Syrian response to anti-regime protesters led to deterioration in Turkish-Syrian ties.
Foreign Ministry denies report that Turkish military may invade Syria
Turkish Foreign Ministry spokesperson Selçuk Ünal on Thursday denied a report suggesting that Turkey might launch a military operation in Syria to overthrow President Bashar al-Assad's regime.
Ünal told Today's Zaman that “the allegations raised in a Kuwaiti newspaper report do not represent the truth whatsoever and it was obviously based on false reporting.”
Kuwaiti newspaper As-Seyassah reported on Monday that Turkish officials had told Western countries that Turkey might launch a military operation in Syria's north to overthrow President Assad's regime.
“Turkey informed Britain, France, Italy, Germany and the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) leadership of the possibility that it would launch an offensive in … Aleppo, Homs, Hama and Latakia,” As-Seyassah daily quoted an unnamed British officials as saying. The As-Seyassah report was carried by the Lebanese news website nowlebanon.com.
The Turkish Foreign Ministry underlined, however, that the allegations were simply not true and that the report was based on false information.
The Syrian government's crackdown on anti-regime protesters has brought once-close Turkish-Syrian relations to a breaking point, with Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan describing the Syrian response to protests as “savagery.”
The Turkish criticism of the Syrian response to anti-regime protesters led to deterioration in Turkish-Syrian ties.
Foreign Ministry denies report that Turkish military may invade Syria