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US, French military contingents leave Syria’s Tell Abyad

Türkiye Materials 14 December 2018 12:53 (UTC +04:00)
The US and French military contingents left Syria’s Tell Abyad city, located on the border with Turkey, Trend reports citing the Turkish General Staff.
US, French military contingents leave Syria’s Tell Abyad

Baku, Azerbaijan, Dec. 14

By Rufiz Hafizoglu - Trend:

The US and French military contingents left Syria’s Tell Abyad city, located on the border with Turkey, Trend reports citing the Turkish General Staff.

Presently, there are only terrorists of the Syrian wing of the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) terrorist organization - PYD / YPG in Tell Abyad.

Turkey's Armed Forces will launch a new military operation within three days in northern Syria against PYD/YPG, the Syrian wing of the PKK terrorist organization, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said earlier.

Erdogan claimed that there are US soldiers in the detachments of the terrorists in Syria.

"Despite that the US has promised Turkey that it would not support PYD/YPG, the Syrian wing of the PKK, the US did not keep its word," Erdogan said.

On June 4, Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu and US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo discussed a road map on Syria's Manbij during talks in Washington.

Also, Pompeo and Cavusoglu met in Brussels and discussed the Operation Olive Branch, as well as other issues.

On Jan. 20, the Turkish Armed Forces, together with the Free Syrian Army, launched the Operation Olive Branch in Afrin, Syria.

On Aug. 24, 2016, units of the Turkish Armed Forces began the Operation Euphrates Shield against the "Islamic State" and with the support of the Syrian opposition liberated the border town of Jarablus in northern Syria, as well as al-Bab.

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