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Tuesday, 16 March, 2021 - 12:30 Ankara- Saeed Abdulrazek
Turkey has called on Russia to prevent the Syrian regime forces from targeting Turkish-controlled areas in northern Syria.
Ballistic missiles were fired from the Syrian government-run Kuweires airbase in Aleppo and struck al-Bab and Jarablus towns, Turkey’s Defense Ministry said in a statement on Monday.
The raid “targeted civilian settlements and fuel tankers … civilians were wounded,” the ministry added in a tweet.
“After the firing started in the [Operation] Euphrates Shield area and civilians were targeted, a notification was sent to the Russian Federation side to stop the shooting and the determined targets were put under fire,” the ministry stated.
Published date: 15 March 2021 12:22 UTC | Last update: 3 weeks 1 day ago
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has asked western powers to support Turkey to bring an end to the war in Syria, casting Ankara as a stabilising force that defends democracy against the Syrian government amid a wave of attacks on Turkish-held territories.
In an op-ed published on Monday on the 10th anniversary of the Syrian uprising, Erdogan said Turkey has called for an inclusive political system that could address the Syrian people’s demand for human dignity while hosting more than three million Syrian refugees and creating safe zones in areas seized from terrorist groups such as the Islamic State (IS).