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1st LD: Syria vows military response to possible Turkish military campaign

Xinhua,February 15, 2018 Adjust font size:

DAMASCUS, Jan. 18 (Xinhua) -- Syria's Deputy Foreign Minister Faisal Mekdad on Thursday warned that his country will respond militarily to possible Turkish military campaign in northern Syria, state news agency SANA reported.

Warning that Turkish military campaign will be met with "proper response," Mekdad said the Syrian air defense forces have completely recovered and are ready to destroy Turkish warplanes in Syria's airspace.

The new escalation comes as Turkey threatened to launch a military campaign in the Kurdish-controlled Afrin region in Syria's northern province of Aleppo.

"Afrin in particular as well as the northern and northeastern regions have always been and will always be Syrian territories," said Mekdad. Enditem

 

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