International Apathy - Αnesthesia: Erdogan vows ‘good surprises’ & more Turkish ops in Syria

Days after Turkey said it had ended the controversial seven-month Euphrates Shield operation in northern Syria, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan announced the military is planning new offensives and “good surprises” in the coming months on Syrian soil.

The president said more cross-border operations are likely to follow against militant groups Ankara deems terrorist, including Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) and the Kurdish militia known as People’s Protection Units (YPG).

“We have completed the first phase of the Euphrates Shield Operation with the cleaning of al-Bab, Syria, from terrorists. It is now over and there will be [operations] from now on,” Erdogan said, as cited by Hurriyet.

At this stage, the Turkish military is planning new offensives in other parts of Syria, Erdogan said. He added Ankara has “very good surprises for all terrorist groups, including the PKK, YPG, Daesh [Arabic acronym for Islamic State, formerly ISIS/ISIL] and FETO [Gulenist organization].”

“With God’s will, the upcoming months will be the dead of winter for terrorists, while it will be spring for Turkey and the Turkish nation,” he proclaimed. Erdogan did not specify where and when the new military operations would take place.

Previously, Prime Minister Binali Yildirim said Euphrates Shield has been a success, but signaled the new operations would follow under a “different name.”

“In case our security is threatened or if action is needed against Daesh, then it will come as part of a new operation. That means the Euphrates Shield is over and any potential actions, if necessary, will be named differently,” Yildirim told broadcaster NTV last Wednesday.
   rt.com
 4/4/17
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