Turkey discusses handover of 18 Syrian regime army members with Russia, following their capture during search operations in northern Syria
Turkish National Defence Minister Hulusi Akar along with Turkish Chief of General Staff Gen. Yasar Guler and Turkish Land Forces Commander Umit Dundar inspect border units in Sanliurfa, Turkey on October 31, 2019.
“There are talks with Russians on the handover of 18 people, who were learned to be regime army members, to Russians,” Hulusi Akar said during the inspection of border troops in Turkey's Sanliurfa province, near the border with Syria. The area comes under Turkey’s anti-terror Operation Peace Spring, which was launched on Oct. 9 to eliminate terrorists from northern Syria east of the Euphrates River in order to secure Turkey’s borders, aid in the safe return of Syrian refugees, and ensure Syria’s territorial integrity.
In its more than 30-year terror campaign against Turkey, the PKK — listed as a terrorist organisation by Turkey, the US and the European Union — has been responsible for the deaths of 40,000 people, including women, children and infants. The YPG is the Syrian offshoot of the PKK.
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