In a Thursday meeting chaired by President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, the Turkish National Security Council discussed ongoing preparations for a possible military operation in northern Syria. This followed Ankara’s announcement that it won’t wait for anyone’s “permission” to protect its southern borders.
“Turkey cannot stand idly in Syria,” Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said Thursday in a televised interview, adding that the operation in the Levantine country could start overnight.
