• Ar
  • Es
Al Mayadeen English

Slogan

  • News
    • Politics
    • Economy
    • Sports
    • Arts&Culture
    • Health
    • Miscellaneous
    • Technology
    • Environment
  • Articles
    • Opinion
    • Analysis
    • Blog
    • Feature
  • Videos
  • Infographs
  • In Pictures
  • • LIVE
News
  • Politics
  • Economy
  • Sports
  • Arts&Culture
  • Health
  • Miscellaneous
  • Technology
  • Environment
Articles
  • Opinion
  • Analysis
  • Blog
  • Feature
Videos
Infographs
In Pictures
  1. Home
  2. News
  3. MENA
  4. Turkey has intelligence communication with Syria: Ankara
MENA

Turkey has intelligence communication with Syria: Ankara

  • By Al Mayadeen English
  • Source: Agencies
  • 27 Jun 2022 10:08
  • 3 Shares

Turkish Presidency Spokesperson says there are intelligence channels between Ankara and Damascus that are used periodically.

  • Turkish Presidential spokesperson Ibrahim Kalin
    Turkish Presidential Spokesperson Ibrahim Kalin

There are periodic direct contacts between the Turkish intelligence agencies and their Syrian counterparts for the sake of national interests, Turkish presidency spokesperson Ibrahim Kalin said Monday.

"Currently, there is no political contact with Syria, but as President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said, our intelligence agencies have periodic contact with their Syrian counterparts to serve our national interests," Kalin told Haberturk.

"It is not easy to convince the Syrian refugees to go back; they have fled from war and suffered greatly," he added, noting that there would be no discussions with Syria in this regard.

The Turkish official claimed that Ankara was making its best efforts to create a "safe zone" in Syria's Afrin, Idlib, Tell Abyad, and Ras Al-Ayn.

"We all know that these people must eventually return. But we want to do this without causing humanitarian tragedy," he said.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan announced on May 23 that the Turkish army intends to carry out military operations to "combat terrorism" at the Turkish state borders, explaining that his government "will start taking new steps to complete the safe zone 30 km north of Syria."

On June 14, Turkish media reported that Ankara's troops have taken combat formation and are all set to start Turkey's fifth military operation on the northern Syrian border, which it claims is aimed at the Kurdistan Workers' Party and its military wing, the YPG.

In light of reports over an operation in northern Syria, the Syrian People's Assembly stressed Damascus' "right to use all means to confront the occupation and its terrorist mercenary tools."

  • Syria
  • Turkey
  • Recep Tayyip Erdoğan
  • Refugees
  • Northern Syria
  • Idlib
  • Ankara

Trending Now

All
Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan addresses lawmakers of his AK Party during a meeting at the parliament in Ankara on January 18. (Reuters)

Erdogan suggests including Iran in planned talks with Russia, Syria

Most Read

London posts job ad for mercenaries for Ukraine counteroffensive

London posts job ad for mercenaries for Ukraine's counteroffensive

  • Africa
  • 24 May
US seeks to build new military base in Iraq's oil-rich: Sources

US eyes new military base in Iraq's oil-rich region: Sources

  • MENA
  • 23 May
The domestically produced C919 passenger jet flies at the China International Aviation and Aerospace Exhibition in Zhuhai, Guangdong province, Peoeple's Republic of China, 8 November 2022. (Reuters)

China is set to launch first commercial flight on its C919 plane

  • Asia
  • 26 May
Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky during a press conference in the garden at Chequers, in Aylesbury, England, on May 15, 2023 (AP)

'Nothing left': Zelensky acknowledges loss of Bakhmut

  • Europe
  • 21 May

Read this

All
Saudi Arabia's Hawiyah Natural Gas Liquids Recovery Plant which is operated by ARAMCO. (AP)
MENA

Tensions between Riyadh and Moscow on the rise due to oil prices: WSJ

  • Today
Erdogan is seen laying flowers on the grave of Adnan Menderes. (Social Media)
MENA

Erdogan visits grave of Islamic idol on eve of Turkey's 2nd vote round

  • 27 May
Equatorial Guinea's Ambassador to Moscow Luciano Nkogo Ndong Ayekaba at a ceremony held at the Kremlin. (Sputnik)
Africa

Equatorial Guinea's envoy rebukes allegations on China base in country

  • 27 May
New ballistic missile unveiled in Tehran, Iran, May 25 2023. (Reuters)
MENA

Iran's missile programme is a multi-layered threat: Israeli media

  • 27 May
Al Mayadeen English

Al Mayadeen is an Arab Independent Media Satellite Channel.

All Rights Reserved

  • Privacy Policy
  • About Us
  • Contact Us
  • Authors
Android
iOS