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"BEIRUT – Turkey has been preparing for a large-scale military intervention in northern Syria against ISIS, according to a number of reports in the Turkish media.
Although officials have not made any concrete statements on the matter, they have alluded to an upcoming security decision regarding Turkey’s border with Syria.
Turkish FM Mevlut Cavusoglu announced that the Turkish National Security Council will meet Monday, after which he said the government “will make the necessary announcements.”
Meanwhile, Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu said Sunday that “our country is ready for any contingency” along the Syrian border, after a number of Turkish media outlets reported that the government was moving to deploy against ISIS in a stretch of territory from northeast of Aleppo to west of Kobane.
Yeni Safak, a paper close to the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP), said Sunday that that the Turkish Armed Forces Chiefs of Staff were preparing for a ground incursion with 18,000 troops.
“Ankara plans to establish a 110-km long and 28-km wide buffer zone stretching from Karkamış to Öncüpınar. The Turkish Armed Forces are expected to conduct a synchronous operation on both sides,” the report added.
The newspaper also said that the Turkish government made the decision after the “attempt to create an independent Kurdish entity” in northern Syria."
"BEIRUT – Turkey has been preparing for a large-scale military intervention in northern Syria against ISIS, according to a number of reports in the Turkish media.
Although officials have not made any concrete statements on the matter, they have alluded to an upcoming security decision regarding Turkey’s border with Syria.
Turkish FM Mevlut Cavusoglu announced that the Turkish National Security Council will meet Monday, after which he said the government “will make the necessary announcements.”
Meanwhile, Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu said Sunday that “our country is ready for any contingency” along the Syrian border, after a number of Turkish media outlets reported that the government was moving to deploy against ISIS in a stretch of territory from northeast of Aleppo to west of Kobane.
Yeni Safak, a paper close to the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP), said Sunday that that the Turkish Armed Forces Chiefs of Staff were preparing for a ground incursion with 18,000 troops.
“Ankara plans to establish a 110-km long and 28-km wide buffer zone stretching from Karkamış to Öncüpınar. The Turkish Armed Forces are expected to conduct a synchronous operation on both sides,” the report added.
The newspaper also said that the Turkish government made the decision after the “attempt to create an independent Kurdish entity” in northern Syria."
