The Syrian Foreign Ministry warned Ankara today that it would consider any Turkish military invasion of Syrian territory as “War crime and crime against humanity”.
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan announced on Monday that the Turkish military would soon launch a new operation in northern Syria to establish a 30-kilometer “security zone” along the border to fight terrorist threats as he described them. to Kurdish armed groups in northern Syria.
Ankara has already done that three invasions in northern Syria since 2016, targeting mainly the US-backed Kurdish YPG militia.
Damascus considers the invasions a violation of the country’s sovereignty and territorial integrity.
Today, the Syrian Foreign Minister said that he had sent a letter to the Secretary-General of the United Nations and the Security Council, describing Turkey’s actions as illegal.
“They are equivalent to what can be described as war crimes and crimes against humanity,” the state news agency said in a statement.
In another warning against Turkey, yesterday the State Department expressed deep concern over the launch of a new military operation in northern Syria, stressing that it would endanger the lives of American soldiers.
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