Türkiye to launch ground operations in N. Syria soon: Erdogan
STORY: Türkiye to launch ground operations in N. Syria soon: Erdogan
DATELINE: Nov. 23, 2022
LENGTH: 0:01:02
LOCATION: Ankara
CATEGORY: MILITARY
SHOTLIST:
1. various of "Claw-Sword" air operation
2. various of Türkiye and Syria border
STORYLINE:
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Tuesday vowed to launch a ground operation soon in northern Syria against the Kurdish People's Protection Units (YPG).
"We will root out all of them with our tanks, artillery and soldiers," the semi-official Anadolu Agency quoted Erdogan as saying during a ceremony in the Black Sea province of Artvin.
Erdogan's remarks followed a Turkish aerial operation that began on Sunday morning against the YPG in northern Syria and the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) in northern Iraq.
The aerial operation, dubbed "Operation Claw-Sword," was launched after a bomb explosion in Türkiye's largest city Istanbul on Nov. 13 killed at least six people and injured another 81.
After the attack, Turkish police said they had detained
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