Over 1,100 ISIS terrorists killed since start of Turkey’s Syria operation – military — RT News
More than 1,100 Islamic State terrorists have been killed because the begin of Operation Euphrates Shield in northern Syria, the Turkish navy stated in an announcement.
The figures on Operation Euphrates Shield, which has entered its fifth month, had been launched on Friday and reported by Reuters. According to the Turkish navy, 1,294 Islamic State (IS, previously ISIS/ISIL) militants have been “neutralized” through the operation, 1,171 of them have been killed.
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The navy added that 306 Kurdish YPG militants have been “neutralized,” and 291 have been killed through the marketing campaign.
Operation Euphrates Shield in northern Syria began on August 24. Ankara deployed floor and air forces to Syria with the acknowledged purpose of retaking areas held by Islamic State and securing its southern borders.
Ankara’s forces, nonetheless, additionally engaged Kurdish YPG militia forces on a number of events, whereas critics of Turkish insurance policies claimed that suppressing Kurdish enclaves in Syria was the true purpose of Euphrates Shield.
In late November, Erdogan acknowledged that one more purpose for the operation is to “finish the rule of the tyrant Assad.”
Statements akin to these have been met with consternation in Moscow, which requested the Turkish president for an evidence. Erdogan then backtracked, explaining that the “purpose of the Euphrates Shield Operation isn’t any nation or particular person, however solely terrorist organizations.”
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Erdogan has additionally accused the US-led coalition of failing to “hold its guarantees,” referring to the coalition’s air assist in Turkey’s operation to liberate Al-Bab. He stated that the US is “supporting terrorists” in Syria, and that Washington ought to as a substitute be supporting Turkey – a fellow member of NATO. “We are your NATO ally. How on Earth are you able to assist terrorist organizations and never us? Are these terrorist organizations your NATO allies?” Erdogan stated.
