Turkey shelves Syrian offensive after Russian objection

ANKARA, 03 July 2022, (TON): Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said “Turkey is in no rush to stage a new military operation against armed Kurdish militants.”

But regional actors have voiced their concerns over the potential Turkish offensive against the towns of Tal Rifaat and Manbij.

Erdogan told journalists in Madrid “no need for hurry. We don’t need to do that."

The stakes are high. Experts believe that Turkey still lacks Russian backing for a military intervention against Syrian Kurdish People’s Protection Units, which Ankara considers to be a terror group with direct links to the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party.

Oytun Orhan, coordinator of Syria studies at the ORSAM think tank in Ankara, said that Russia’s failure to back the operation remains its major obstacle.

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