{"id":69877,"date":"2021-12-27T21:38:35","date_gmt":"2021-12-27T21:38:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/?p=69877"},"modified":"2021-12-27T21:38:42","modified_gmt":"2021-12-27T21:38:42","slug":"turkey-protects-terrorist-groups-in-syrias-northwest-mekdad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/69877\/","title":{"rendered":"Turkey protects terrorist groups in Syria\u2019s northwest, Mekdad"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>QAMISHLI, Syria (North Press) \u2013 <\/strong>Turkey is protecting terrorist groups in northwest Syria, Syrian Minister of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates, Faisal Mekdad said on Monday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;Syria has fulfilled large achievements in the war against terrorism, but the terrorist organizations still exist, so Syria will continue this war until fully eliminating it,&#8221; Mekdad stressed in an interview with the state-run al-Ikhbariya TV channel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;Al-Nusra Front terrorist organization still exists in Syria\u2019s northwestern part under Turkish support,&#8221; he added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;Turkey occupies parts of the Syrian lands, and it is Turkificating these parts and protecting terrorist groups in violation of the Astana understandings,&#8221; Mekdad noted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;Syria will liberate the occupied parts by Turkey, whether Idlib or the northern regions along the Syrian-Turkish borders.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The coercive economic measures imposed by the US and western countries on the Syrian people are illegitimate and they aim to achieve the agendas of these states, according to Mekdad.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;When enemies of Syria failed to achieve their goals through terrorism and killing, they resorted to hindering the political solution because they don\u2019t want stability in the country,&#8221; the Syrian minister indicated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Mekdad affirmed that &#8220;Syria rejects the West&#8217;s politicization of the issue of humanitarian aid, which must reaches its beneficiaries without discrimination, except for terrorists.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;Syria deeply cares about its citizens and delivers humanitarian aid and coronavirus vaccines to all regions.&nbsp; The West, however, is manipulating aid and making it a tool in the war on Syria,&#8221; Mekdad said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Agencies<\/strong><\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mekdad said, the coercive economic measures imposed by the #US and western countries on #Syria are illegitimate.  <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":69878,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pgc_sgb_lightbox_settings":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[3,2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-69877","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-politics","category-syria"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.2 - 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