“Russia bombs hospitals, schools. Then it complains to the UN because Turkey takes measures for its border security. What a shameless attitude!” he said. “They [US and Europeans] don't say it openly. Who is carrying out these bombardments? The disgraceful Russian planes are,” Davutoğlu said in a speech to deputies of his Justice and Development Party (AK Party) in Parliament.
The 15-member Security Council will discuss on Tuesday the shelling of Kurdish People's Defense Units (YPG) positions by the Turkish military at the request of Russia.
Turkey shelled YPG positions for a fourth straight day on Tuesday to try to stop its fighters from seizing Azaz, just eight kilometers (five miles) from the border. Ankara fears the YPG forces, backed by Russian air strikes, are trying to secure the last stretch of around 100 kilometers along the Syrian border not already under its control.
Davutoğlu said the YPG and the allied Syrian Democratic Union Party (PYD) did not represent the Kurds or the Syrian people, calling them the “mercenary” forces of Russia fighting to harm Turkey.
He said Turkey would not allow a new influx of refugees from northern Syria and vowed to take “every step it deemed necessary” to prevent such an influx.
“We have been responding to the [Bashar al-]Assad regime and its pawn, the YPG, since Saturday and we will continue to do so,” said Davutoğlu, adding that Turkish strikes have prevented YPG advances in towards Azaz and vowing to continue to resist attacks targeting the town. “We will prevent a new refugee influx and the massacre of civilians. We will take the same measures irrespective of who threatens our border security,” he said.
The Turkish artillery strikes on YPG positions have heightened tensions in the border area. A Turkish official was quoted by Reuters as saying on Tuesday that Turkey is asking the US and other partners to take part in a joint ground operation in Syria, insisting that without such an operation, it is impossible to stop the Syrian civil war.
[todayszaman.com]
16/2/16
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