France’s Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian on Tuesday warned Turkey that concerns over security “absolutely do not justify” the scale of its offensive in Syria. “If Turkey’s concerns over the border are legitimate… this absolutely does not justify the action by Turkish troops deep inside the Afrin area,” Le Drian ...
The Turkish army and allied militants have surrounded the city of Afrin in northern Syria controlled by Kurdish militia that is the key target of Ankara’s cross-border offensive, the military said Tuesday. The Turkish forces, who had been looking to complete the encirclement in a two-pronged movement from the east ...
