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Retaliation
Istanbul, June 29, 2017 (Reuters/NAN) Turkey Deputy Prime Minister Numan Kurtulmus on Thursday said that the country would retaliate against any cross-border gunfire from the Kurdish YPG militia in Syria.
Kurtulums made this known while speaking with reporters after the Turkish artillery destroyed YPG targets when the group’s fighters opened fire on Turkey-backed forces in northern Syria on Tuesday night.
He said that Turkey would not remain silent in the face of anti-Turkey activities by terrorist groups abroad.
Kurtulmus reiterated Ankara’s opposition to the U.S. arming of YPG fighters and said that U.S. officials would understand that this was the “wrong path”. (Reuters/NAN)
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