ANKARA: Turkiye’s foreign minister discussed with US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Saturday the need to act in cooperation with the new Syrian administration to ensure the completion of the transition period in an orderly manner, the ministry said.
In a phone call, Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan told Blinken that Ankara would not allow Kurdish YPG militia to take shelter in Syria, the ministry spokesperson said.
During the call, Blinken emphasized the need to support a Syrian-led and Syrian-owned political process that “upholds human rights and prioritizes an inclusive and representative government,” according to a statement from the US State Department.
Blinken and Fidan also discussed preventing terrorism from endangering the security of Turkiye and Syria, the statement said.
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Turkiye and US discuss need to cooperate with new Syrian administration
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Turkiye and US discuss need to cooperate with new Syrian administration
- Turkish fForeign Minister Hakan Fidan tells Secretary of State Blinken that Ankara would not allow Kurdish YPG militia to take shelter in Syria
Kurdish Rudaw website reports around 1500 Daesh members escaped from Syria’s Shaddadi prison
CAIRO: The Kurdish website Rudaw reported that a spokesperson for the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces, Farhad Shami, said around 1500 Daesh members escaped from Syria’s Shaddadi prison.
Earlier, the Syrian army said “a number of” Daesh militants had escaped a prison that had been under SDF control in the eastern city of Shaddadi, accusing the SDF of releasing them. The army did not say how many escaped.
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