Syria / Iraq: Turkey can "change the balance"

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- By LeFigaro.fr
- Update on 27/07/2015 at 08:58
- Published on 27/07/2015 at 08:53 am

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Air strikes launched by Turkey against the Islamic state group (EI) and the rebel Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) can "change the balance" in Syria and Iraq, said in the press this morning the Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu. "The presence of Turkey may use force effectively can help change the balance in Syria, in Iraq and throughout the region. Everyone must be aware," said Ahmet avutoglu.

During a long conversation with columnists and editors of Turkish media, the leader of the Islamic-conservative government also assured that his country would not send ground troops to Syria. "We will not send ground troops" on Syrian soil, Davutoglu said, but "we do not want to see Daech (Arabic acronym EI) near the Turkish border."

The Prime Minister justified the offensive against the jihadists of EI by deadly suicide bombing Suruç (south) there is a week attributed to IE and the death of a Turkish soldier killed by jihadists Thursday. "We wanted to ensure that the group pays dearly for the murder of 32 people so it never again such an attack. The murder of our soldiers only accelerated our reaction," he he said.

Operations designed to "restore order"

Ahmet Davutoglu refused to give details of the agreement with the US for the use of the base at Incirlik (southern Turkey) for their strikes against the jihadists in Syria and Iraq. He said Turkey's push for a "no-fly zone" in the northern Syrian had been "some extent" be considered.
"If we do not send ground troops, and we will not do, so some elements (moderate opposition to the regime in Damascus) which cooperate with us on the ground must be protected," he has said.

The operations against the PKK aimed to "restore order" in Turkey, he also explained. In the wake of the attack in Suruç (south), the Kurdish rebels have stepped up deadly attacks against members of the Turkish security forces.

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