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Asharq Al-Awsat
Asharq Al-Awsat
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Ankara – Saeed Abdulrazzak

Turkey Accuses SDF of Obstructing Voluntary Return of Syrian Refugees

A Syrian woman in a camp for displaced people in “Kafr Uruq” in Idlib governorate, northern Syria (Reuters)

Turkey accused the Kurdish forces in Syria of obstructing the return of Syrian refugees, noting that it had begun working with Jordan, Iraq, and Lebanon to secure their “voluntary return.”

Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu stressed that his country will continue its war against the Kurdish People's Protection Units (YPG), the largest component of the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), while working to implement the plan for the voluntary and safe return of one million Syrians.

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