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TURKISH DEPUTY PM: TURKEY IS NOT MULLING MILITARY INTERVENTION IN SYRIA
18:08 24/07/2013 Â" IN THE WORLD
A military intervention in Syria would further complicate the situation
in the war-torn country, a senior Turkish government official has
said, although armed Kurdish groups' attempts to create a de facto
situation in northern Syria is a major concern for Turkey, Hurriyet
Daily News reported.
"We have already announced that we will not allow any fait accompli
in Syria. But we are of the opinion that any [military] intervention
would make the situation in Syria more negative," Deputy Prime
Minister Bulent Arınc told Ankara bureau chiefs late yesterday at
an iftar dinner. The statement came at a moment when the Turkish army
was stepping up its military measures along the Syrian border in the
face of escalating tension.
Known as the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party's (PKK) affiliate in
Syria, the Democratic Union Party (PYD) has recently increased its
influence in the northern part of the country and taken control of
several towns along the border after clashes with the radical Islamist
al-Nusra Front. There are concerns that the PYD is planning to declare
its autonomy in northern Syria, taking advantage of the power vacuum
in the country.
Turkey said it won't tolerate a fait accompli in Syria but Arınc's
statement clearly showed that it was not planning to cross the border
to intervene against the PYD.
Arınc accused Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad of using the PYD and
Iran-backed Hezbollah in his fight with the Syrian opposition and said
the PYD was trying to profit from the ongoing turmoil in the country.
The deputy prime minister said Masoud Barzani, the president of the
Iraqi Kurdistan Regional Government and prominent Kurdish leader,
also opposed the PYD's acts.
Source: Panorama.am
From: A. Papazian
18:08 24/07/2013 Â" IN THE WORLD
A military intervention in Syria would further complicate the situation
in the war-torn country, a senior Turkish government official has
said, although armed Kurdish groups' attempts to create a de facto
situation in northern Syria is a major concern for Turkey, Hurriyet
Daily News reported.
"We have already announced that we will not allow any fait accompli
in Syria. But we are of the opinion that any [military] intervention
would make the situation in Syria more negative," Deputy Prime
Minister Bulent Arınc told Ankara bureau chiefs late yesterday at
an iftar dinner. The statement came at a moment when the Turkish army
was stepping up its military measures along the Syrian border in the
face of escalating tension.
Known as the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party's (PKK) affiliate in
Syria, the Democratic Union Party (PYD) has recently increased its
influence in the northern part of the country and taken control of
several towns along the border after clashes with the radical Islamist
al-Nusra Front. There are concerns that the PYD is planning to declare
its autonomy in northern Syria, taking advantage of the power vacuum
in the country.
Turkey said it won't tolerate a fait accompli in Syria but Arınc's
statement clearly showed that it was not planning to cross the border
to intervene against the PYD.
Arınc accused Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad of using the PYD and
Iran-backed Hezbollah in his fight with the Syrian opposition and said
the PYD was trying to profit from the ongoing turmoil in the country.
The deputy prime minister said Masoud Barzani, the president of the
Iraqi Kurdistan Regional Government and prominent Kurdish leader,
also opposed the PYD's acts.
Source: Panorama.am
From: A. Papazian