SDC denounces Turkish attacks on NE Syria
QAMISHLI, Syria (North Press) – The Syrian Democratic Council (SDC) denounced on Thursday the Turkish attacks on areas in northeastern Syria.
The Council rejects violent and hostile attacks, as it emphasizes the “falsehood of Turkish claims regarding the recent Ankara attack perpetrators crossing through areas in northeastern Syria.”
Turkey justifies jeopardizing the fate of the region’s people. The objectives behind these claims are to undermine the security and stability achieved by the US-led Global Coalition in collaboration with the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF).
“Turkey aims to create a conducive environment for ISIS to reorganize itself and carry out new terrorist acts,” according to the council.
Turkey intends to expand its colonial policies, executes ethnic cleansing and demographic change operations, and involves the occupation and annexation of more Syrian territories, the SDC added.
The council called on the international community to condemn Turkish hostile attacks and hold it accountable for the war crimes committed in Syria.
It urged the United States and Russia to fulfill their responsibilities, saying “They must not allow Turkey to export its crises and transfer its conflict with the Kurdistan Workers’ Party to northeastern Syria.”
The drone strikes took place following a statement by Turkey’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, Hakan Fidan, in which he threatened to strike a broader range of targets in Syria and Iraq in retaliation for the Ankara attack.
On Oct. 1, two individuals carried out a bomb attack in front of the building of the Ministry of Interior in Ankara injuring two police officers.
On Wednesday, Fidan claimed that the two assailants who carried out the attack had been trained in Syria. “From now on, all infrastructure, large facilities and energy facilities belonging to (armed Kurdish groups) in Iraq and Syria are legitimate targets for our security forces,” he threatened.