Turkey summons US envoy over Syria

  31 August 2016    Read: 925
Turkey summons US envoy over Syria
Ankara has summoned the US ambassador over Washington’s criticism of Turkey’s incursion into northern Syria.
On Tuesday, Turkish Foreign Ministry spokesman Tanju Bilgic (seen below) announced that John R. Bass has been summoned over the US’s "unacceptable" criticism concerning the scope of Turkey’s activities in Syria.

On August 24, Turkish special forces, tanks and jets backed by planes from the US-led coalition launched their first coordinated offensive in Syria.

Earlier, US Defense Secretary Ashton Carter (seen below) called on the Turkish government to stop attacking US-backed factions of Kurdish militants in Syria and to focus on attack against the Daesh Takfiri terrorist group.

More about:


News Line