Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu announced that a Turkish military operation in Syria's northeastern Afrin canton is imminent.
The PKK terrorist group's Syrian offshoot, the Democratic Union Party (PYD), and its armed wing, the People's Protection Units (YPG), took control of Afrin earlier last year. The city is now considered one of the major strongholds of the PKK.
He confirmed that Turkey will take all necessary measures to eliminate any threats that could emerge from that area and block the possibility of terrorists crossing into Turkey. It was also determined to reach a political solution and internal peace in Syria.
