Middle East
Turkey will withdraw its forces from Afrin: Deputy Prime Minister
Karzan Sulaivany Karzan Sulaivany |
ERBIL, Kurdistan Region (Kurdistan 24) – Turkey will not remain in the Afrin region and will withdraw its forces from the Syrian border area leaving it to its “real owners,†Turkey’s Deputy Prime Minister said on Monday.
Turkish forces and Syrian rebel allies overtook the Kurdish-held enclave of Afrin in Syrian Kurdistan on Sunday where they declared full control following a nearly two-month long offensive against the People’s Protection Units (YPG).
“We are not permanent there [in Afrin], and we are certainly not invaders,†Bekir Bozdag, Turkey’s Deputy Prime Minister, was quoted by Reuters.
Read more at: http://www.kurdistan24.net/en/news/8c9a1f52-30e3-464f-a88e-58ac91ed41fd
No time frame is mentioned, this is still a bit of talk, they could be there for some time. It's still something.
