AUTONEWS

Syria: first refugees from Turkey


Fri, 22 Nov 2019 19:03:35 +0100

ISTANBUL, NOVEMBER 22 - For the first time since the offensive launched last month by Turkey against the Kurds, about seventy Syrian refugees, including women and children, have returned from Turkey to areas at the center of the military operation in the north - east of Syria. According to Anadolu, the refugees returned to Syria after years in the border town of Ras al Ayn, under the supervision of the Ankara army. President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has stated that he wants to bring at least 1 million of the 3.6 million Syrians currently hosted in Turkey into the Turkish security zone. Yesterday, 200 refugees had arrived in the same area for the first time on coordination from Turkey, but already coming from Syria, where they had previously found refuge in Jarablus, a strategic location west of the Euphrates passed under Turkish control with a previous offensive of the 2016-2017.