Turkish troops have seized the town in the North-East of Raqqa, told the media

Turkish Troops have seized the border town Suluk in the North-Eastern part of the Syrian province of raqqa, reports the state television of Syria.

"Troops of the Turkish regime occupied the town of Suluk in the North-East (province - ed.), raqqa ", - transmits television channel Ikhbariya.

on the first day weekend the Ministry of defence of Turkey said that the strategically important town of RAS al-ain under surveillance by the armed forces of Turkey and the opposition "Syrian national army" that are offensive in Northern Syria.

leader Recep Tayyip Erdogan on October 9 announced the start of "operation peace" in Northern Syria against the outlawed Turkey Kurdistan workers 'party and the terrorist group" Islamic state." * Turkish aircraft on the same day bombed the town of RAS al-ain and several other Syrian towns on the border of the two countries. It was later announced that the start of the ground operation.

The main objectives of the Turkish operation, which Ankara plans since the spring, stated clearing the border with Turkey Syrian territory from the self-defense forces of Syrian Kurds, the development zone there safety and the accommodation in Turkey of the Syrian immigrants. Ankara said before that there are four million immigrants and she can't contain them.

Damascus does not recognize the Autonomous administration in North-Eastern Syria, controlling territory to the East of the river Euphrates, and its military wing, the SDF. Damascus spent a few fruitless rounds of talks with the Autonomous Kurdish administration. The authorities of Syria has many times condemned the occupation policy of Turkey in Northern Syria.

* banned in Russia as a terrorist organization.



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