Akcakale, Turkey. 10 October 2019. Turkish troops prepare to enter the Syrian territory as part of the Peace Spring operation. Turkey began “Operation Peace Spring” on Wednesday last week on the east of the Euphrates River with the support of the “Syrian National Army”. Turkey launched the operation with the stated purpose to secure its borders by clearing northern Syrian of the People's Protection Units (YPG), whom the Turkish government consider an extension of the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), and to establish a safe zone in northern Syria for Syrian refugees to return to

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