Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan on January 10 rejected the role of the French military in Syria, declaring that Ankara was only negotiating with the United States - the country that has sought to stop Turkey's military action against Kurdish fighters in Syria.
Mr Fidan accused France of turning a blind eye to Türkiye's security concerns and called on Paris to take back French jihadists detained in Syria.
When asked by reporters about the possibility of deploying US and French troops to northern Syria to ease tensions with the Kurds, Foreign Minister Fidan denied any role for Paris.
Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan. (Source: Getty Images) |
“The United States is our only interlocutor… Frankly, we do not count on countries trying to advance their own interests in Syria by hiding behind the United States,” he said.
Earlier, speaking on LCI television, French Foreign Minister Jean-Noel Barrot said he had spoken by phone with his Turkish counterpart to emphasize that Ankara and Paris need "a stable, sovereign and unified Syria".
A series of incidents across Syria over the past week have highlighted the fragile security situation following the overthrow of President Bashar al-Assad's government last month.
Israeli forces entered several villages on January 5, erecting earthen barriers that impeded residents’ lives and forced at least one community to close its school, according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) in the southern province of Quneitra. Residents tried to block the incursion, but Israeli units moved in anyway, taking up positions and arresting at least one person in the neighboring province of Daraa.
Tensions also continued in northern Syria, where Turkish-backed factions within the Syrian National Army (SNA) targeted the US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) near Manbij, northeast of Aleppo.
Turkish airstrikes aimed at breaking SDF defenses, likely targeting strategic positions around Maskanah in rural Aleppo.
According to SOHR, more than 100 fighters were killed in two days of fighting, mostly from Turkish-backed forces.
Meanwhile, in the eastern province of Homs, security forces of the transitional government continued to carry out a second day of crackdown on January 5, arresting a total of about 500 people, including former soldiers of the Assad government.
In addition, SOHR has recorded an increase in the circulation of small arms, many of which were looted from abandoned military depots of the ousted government. These weapons, now sold at low prices, have fallen into the hands of young people who lack training and awareness of the dangers of firearms.
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