Residents in Syria’s north rejects Turkish support to government
ALEPPO, Syria (North Press) – On Friday, mass protests were staged in the Turkish-occupied cities of Afrin and al-Bab in the countryside of Aleppo Governorate, rejecting statements by Turkish Minister of Foreign Affairs about his country’s intention to support Syrian government.
An exclusive source told North Press, “Scores of residents in Afrin and al-Bab took to street against the Turkish Minister of Foreign Affairs’ statements about Turkey’s intention to support the Syrian government.”
On July 27, Mevlut Cavusoglu, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkey, in a televised interview, said that his country would provide all political support to the Syrian government in the issue of expelling terrorists.
The source added that residents of al-Bab protested near al-Senter Roundabout in the city center, while residents of Afrin protested in al-Vilat street.
The protesters raised signs with slogans, rejecting the Turkish political support provided to the Syrian government.
Since 2017, the city of al-Bab in the eastern countryside of Aleppo has been under the control of the Turkish-backed armed Syrian opposition factions.
Following Turkish military operation Olive Branch in 2018, the Turkish forces and their affiliated factiona, also known as Syrian National Army (SNA), occupied Afrin and its countryside, displacing hundreds of thousands of original residents.