Baku, Azerbaijan, Dec. 21
By Rufiz Hafizoglu - Trend:
The Free Syrian Army (FSA) has called on the PYD/YPG militants (the so-called Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF)) to lay down arms in northern Syria, Trend reports via Turkish media.
The FSA has distributed leaflets stating that the US no longer supports the movement and its terrorist acts.
"The FSA urges you to lay down your arms and surrender, as the end of the PYD/YPG and SDF is in sight. The Turkish Armed Forces and the forces of the FSA, using all available possibilities, will clear Syria's north from terrorists," the leaflet reads.
On Dec. 12, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said that the Turkish Armed Forces would launch a new military operation in northern Syria against PYD/YPG, the Syrian wing of the PKK terrorist organization.
Erdogan claimed that there were American 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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