Baku, Azerbaijan, Aug. 31
By Orkhan Guluzade – Trend:
Turkey’s Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu informed his Russian counterpart Sergey Lavrov about military operations in Syria during a phone conversation, the Turkish Foreign Ministry said in a message Aug. 31.
“The foreign ministers discussed recent events in Syria,” said the message. “The delivery of humanitarian aid to Syria, the cessation of hostilities and the beginning of the conflict’s political settlement were discussed.”
On Aug. 24 morning, the Turkish Air Force with the support of the coalition aircraft launched an operation to liberate the city of Jarabulus from the IS militants in northern Syria, near Aleppo city.
The operation was carried out under the name “Shield of the Euphrates.”
Syria has been suffering from an armed conflict since March 2011, which, according to the UN, has so far claimed over 500,000 lives. Militants from various armed groups are confronting the Syrian government troops. The “Islamic State” (IS, ISIL, ISIS or Daesh), the YPG and the PYD are the most active terrorist groups in Syria.
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