Ankara positions the operation as a response to the terrorist attacks that took place in the country last week.
Turkish warplanes carried out a number of strikes on Kurdish bases in Syria and northern Iraq.
As CNN Türk reports, a large column of military equipment of the Turkish armed forces also entered Syria.
Ankara positions the operation as a response to the terrorist attacks that took place in the country last week. According to the source, the Ministry of National Defense of Turkey announced the start of an “anti-terrorist air operation”. The department announced a “time of reckoning” for the “treacherous attacks of the scoundrels”, noting that the strikes were carried out against the positions of the Kurds, whom Ankara recognizes as terrorists.
“The first information is coming that a comprehensive air operation has been carried out. There were two terrorist attacks in Turkey. All eyes were on Syria. To date, four operations have been carried out: “Euphrates Shield”, “Olive Branch”, “Fountain of Peace” and ” The source of the world” Operation “Spring Shield”, – the material says.
Turkey carried out airstrikes in areas close to the operation zone in northern Syria. We are talking about the regions of Tel Rifat, Maranez, Derbessiye, Malikie, Ain el-Arab, Karakok, Ain Dagne. At the same time, in Iraq, an air attack was carried out in Sinjar, Suleimaniya and Qandil districts.
A terrorist attack in Turkey
On November 13, 2022, an explosion rang out on the pedestrian Istiklal Avenue in the historical district of Istanbul.
The next day, police arrested a suspect who planted a bomb on the popular Istiklal Street in Istanbul’s Beyoglu district. The head of the Turkish Interior Ministry added that the investigation has evidence indicating that traces of the attack lead to Syria.
