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Turkey to Launch Operation East of Euphrates 'at Right Time' - Defence Minister

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ANKARA (Sputnik) - Turkey continues to prepare for a military operation east of the Euphrates River in Syria that will start "at the right time for Ankara,"... 11.01.2019, Sputnik International

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Turkey to Launch Operation East of Euphrates 'at Right Time' - Defence Minister

11:21 GMT 11.01.2019 (Updated: 11:29 GMT 29.01.2019)

© AP Photo / Lefteris PitarakisA Turkish army soldier mans an outpost near the town of Kilis, southeastern Turkey, adjacent to the wall the country had been constructing to boost security along its border with conflict-stricken Syria, background, Thursday, March 2, 2017

A Turkish army soldier mans an outpost near the town of Kilis, southeastern Turkey, adjacent to the wall the country had been constructing to boost security along its border with conflict-stricken Syria, background, Thursday, March 2, 2017 - Sputnik International

ANKARA (Sputnik) - Turkey continues to prepare for a military operation east of the Euphrates River in Syria that will start "at the right time for Ankara," Turkish Defense Minister Hulusi Akar said on Friday.

"The Turkish armed forces will start to clear the areas east to the Euphrates River of terrorists at the right time for Ankara, as they had done before in others regions of Syria," Akar said while inspecting Turkish troops stationed at the Syrian border, as cited by the Anadolu news agency.

According to the minister, plans for the operation has already been completed, but necessary preparations continue.

He added that Turkey's only target in Syria was terrorists since Ankara had no problems with ethnic Kurds, he added.

Turkish military vehicles drive in the Syrian rebel-held town of al-Rai, as they head towards the northern Syrian town of al-Bab, Syria January 9, 2017 - Sputnik International

Erdogan: Turkey to Start Military Operation East of Euphrates in Couple Days

12 December 2018, 10:34 GMT

Earlier in December, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan announced that Turkey was ready to launch a military operation against Kurdish fighters on the eastern bank of the Euphrates River as well as in Syria's Manbij, located near the Turkish border if the United States did not remove the militia from there.

After a phone conversation with US President Donald Trump on December 14, Erdogan said that the start of the operation would be postponed. After this same phone call, Trump announced that US troops would be withdrawn from Syria.