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Asharq Al-Awsat
Asharq Al-Awsat
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Ankara - Saeed Abdulrazek

Turkey ‘Cannot Ignore’ the US, Russian Bases in Syria

An aerial view shows a convoy transporting humanitarian aid parked at customs in Syria after crossing from Turkey through the Bab al-Hawa border crossing on January 18, 2022. (Photo by OMAR HAJ KADOUR / AFP)

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said that his country could not ignore the presence of Russian and US bases and terrorist organizations in large parts of its neighbor to the south, Syria.

Speaking to members of the Turkish press on the way back from Albania, Erdogan criticized Washington’s support for terrorist organizations, referring to the PKK’s Syrian wing, the YPG.

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