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Turkish Defense Ministry Says Operation in Syria, Iraq Justified Under UN Charter - Report

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MOSCOW (Sputnik) - Turkey’s Defense Ministry says the air operation targeting YPG, the military wing of the PKK, or the Kurdistan Workers' Party (both designated by Ankara as terrorist organizations), was conducted in accordance with the right to self-defense, Turkish state news agency reported.
Earlier in the night, Turkey’s Defense Ministry was quoted by the country's state news agency as saying that an air operation against PKK/YPG terrorist targets was being carried out in northern Syria and northern Iraq in accordance with the right to self-defense under Article 51 of the UN Charter.
Farhad Shami, the head of the media center of the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), said on Twitter late on Saturday night that Turkish aircraft were attacking the city of Kobani in northern Syria, which is controlled by the SDF.
Turkish Interior Minister Suleyman Soylu had said that there were suspicions that orders for the terrorist attack that occurred in the center of Istanbul came from the Syrian border city of Kobani.
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