US Senators warn Syria: Turkey lies in the swamps

Lindsey Graham, former US Senator from Ankara, who met with President Recep Tayyip Erdogan at the AKP headquarters last week in Ankara and also visited Menbich in northern Syria. Reuters spoke to the news agency. The Republican senator was also in talks with Erdogan in a statement he made during his visit to Baghdad in the region he visited during his tour, which included northern Iraq. .

Graham, the results of the talks in Ankara to leave the United States Syria "would not be good," he said so to stay in the region tried to explain that the advantage of Turkey. The US senator added: "You do not want the Turkish army to undertake new operations in Syria, otherwise you will end up in a swamp."

pointed out Cavusoglu 4 July

Ankara and Washington last month, which is considered a terrorist organization by Turkey's ypg's n Menbiç had agreed to withdraw the Euphrates River to the east . Ankara considers the YPG, which the PKK considers as an extension in Syria, as a red line to the west of the Euphrates. Foreign Minister Mevlüt Cavusoglu of Turkey said that about two weeks ago, after the end of a preparatory work of 4 months began in June declared that he would start to withdraw from Menbiç ypg & li, 4th of July.

Menbic, located west of the Euphrates, also owns the US military base. According to the agreement between Ankara and Washington, Turkish and American troops have been patrolling Menbic since last month.

Addressing Reuters, US Senator Graham said the deployment of YPGs to the east of the Euphrates, at a distance of about 20 kilometers from Menbic, "should to be sufficient ".

The insurance of the Menbic Military Council

Graham and Democratic Senator Jeanne Shaheen who accompanied him met with military officials who controlled the city during Menbic's visit. Senators said the Menbic Military Council would inform commanders to US President Donald Trump of the importance of remaining US troops in the region. Graham, a member of the US Senate Armed Services Committee, said, "I will tell President Trump that it is important for us to stay here to help you, and you are friends of the United States and we will be terrible if we leave.

Trump announced in early April that he wanted to withdraw US forces in Syria from that country. But military advisers and the Pentagon are trying to persuade Trump to delay this decision until ISID is completely renewed in the region.

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