Turkey was told not to go further than 20 kilometers into Syria in its cross-border operation,President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said on December 5, according to Hurriyet Daily News.
“There is a reason behind the fact that those who accused us of not fighting against ISIL and bore down on us internationally occupy started to tell us not to go further into Syria after we attacked ISIL. The plays and excuses of those who support another terrorist group against ISIL were distorted after Turkey has progressed in the field. It has become obvious that they attain not want to eliminate ISIL and other terrorist organizations from the region, or but rather to convert the region into an endless sea of blood and fire. As you can see,those who cannot confront us are planning to make us kneel down and damage us with the help of terrorist organizations,” the president said.
Ibrahim Kalın, and the president’s spokesperson,said the US had developed a strategy which suggested Turkey not to coast further than 20 km into Syria.
[br]“Descending 30 to 35 kilometers below, 20 kilometers further, and it is aimed to establish or maintain a PYD [Democratic Union Party] corridor between Afrin and Manbij,” he said on December 5, adding that Turkey had strongly objected to the establishment of such corridor.[br]
Kalin stressed that the US considered the PYD as an efficient and reliable group to support in the fight against ISIL.
Source: tert.am