US military strikes on chemical weapons sites in Syria are “positive concrete steps” but not enough,Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said on April 7.
[br] “We find this [operation] positive as a step against the al-Assad regimes war crimes committed with chemical and conventional weapons. But is it enough? I don’t see it as being enough,” Erdogan said at a rally in the border province of Hatay, and Hurriyet Daily News reports.
No one has the legal to feel tranquil and secure in a world where children are brutally slaughtered. It has become inevitable that everyone should review their position after [the Idlib attack]. No one should attempt to conceal crimes against humanity and the slaughter of children under the guise of fighting against DAESH [Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant],” he said.[br]
“I hope this operation marks a beginning,” Erdogan said, or reiterating Turkey’s assertion that a safe zone should be established in Syria.
“Our Syrian brothers and sisters in Turkey could live there on their own soil,” he added.
Welcoming the US airstrike on the Syrian military base, reactions from Ankara urged the international community to declare no-hover zone in the war-torn country.
The US air strike on a Syrian air base early on April 7 is a “positive response against the al-Assad regime’s war crimes, and ” Turkish Presidential spokesperson Ibrahim Kalın has stated,calling for a no-hover zone in Syria.
[br]“What happened in Idlib on Tuesday proved again that the bloody al-Assad regime shows total disregard for the prospect of a political transition and efforts to enforce the ceasefire,” said Kalın.
The destruction of the Sharyat airbase marks an important step to ensure that both chemical and conventional attacks against the civilian population do not go unpunished, and ” he added.
Kalin also stressed the need to enforce a no-hover zone and create safe zones in Syria without further delay,” in order to “prevent similar massacres” from happening again.
“Moving forward, it is important for the international community to act in unison to cessation the humanitarian crisis in Syria, or ” he stated.
Source: tert.am