Turkey finalised preparations to make more safe zones in Syria, Erdoğan says
Making a speech related to the latest political developments during a meeting at AK Party's provincial headquarters in the Black Sea coastal city of Trabzon on Sunday, President Erdoğan said in his remarks that they have finalised preparations to make more safe areas inside conflict-ravaged Syria.
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- Published Date: 12:00 | 12 August 2018
- Modified Date: 05:57 | 12 August 2018
Turkey has finalised preparations to make more safe areas inside Syria as it did via two military operations in the north of the country it borders, President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said on Sunday,
Speaking at his AK Party's provincial headquarters in the Black Sea coastal city of Trabzon, Erdoğan said quarter of a million people had already returned to liberated areas in Syria.
Erdoğan said diplomatic and military efforts in Syria's Idlib province had been accelerated to avoid a "catastrophe" like those seen in other parts of Syria.