Russia baulks at Turkish idea of new Syrian military operation
2019-11-20 10:01:07 source：The Aljazeera
November 20, 2019
Russia said on Tuesday it was bewildered by a Turkish pledge to conduct a new military operation in northern Syria if the area was not cleared of people Ankara calls "terrorists", warning any such move would damage efforts to stabilise the region.
Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said on Monday his country would launch a new offensive in northeast Syria if it was not cleared of the Kurdish YPG militia.
State-owned Anadolu news agency quoted Cavusoglu as saying Russia and the United States had not done what was required under agreements that halted a Turkish offensive last month and called on both to make good on their pledges.
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