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Purging PYD/PKK from Syria to help entire Middle East

Bayirbucak Turkmen Region's 2nd Coastal Armed Division Commander Tarık Solak has said "Getting rid of terrorists from Syria will be beneficial to the entire Middle East."

Anadolu Agency WORLD
Published January 20,2018
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A Syrian Turkmen commander has said the entire Middle East region would benefit if the PYD/PKK terror group is purged from Syria.

Speaking with Anadolu Agency, Bayirbucak Turkmen Region's 2nd Coastal Armed Division Commander Tarık Solak said Syrian Turkmen people "know what PYD/PKK is after in Turkey and Syria."

Bayirbucak is a region in northwest Syria, where it has a long border, as well as a rich cultural history with Turkey and Turkish people. It has a dominant Syrian Turkmen population.

"Getting rid of terrorists from Syria will be beneficial to the entire Middle East," Solak said.

"PYD/PKK were hit hard in Operation Euphrates Shield. They pretended to fight against Daesh and tried to get themselves space."

Solak said PYD/PKK terrorists forced local Arab, Kurdish and Turkmen to migrate.

"This should not be forgotten," he added.

He also said a possible operation by Turkey in Syria's Afrin region is "completely backed by Syrian Turkmen.

"We always support Turkey. May Allah bless Turkey."

Turkish military units are already deployed in Afrin, a district of Aleppo near the Turkish-Syria border, which is under siege by the PYD/PKK terrorist organization.

The PYD/PKK is the Syrian offshoot of the PKK, which is listed as a terrorist organization by Turkey, the U.S., and EU.

An Afrin operation would follow Turkey's successful seven-month Operation Euphrates Shield, which ended in March 2017.