'Turkey ready for operations on east Euphrates': Erdogan
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ANKARA: President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said that they have finished preparations for operations on the eastern side of Euphrates River.
"We will trample on terror groups with more effective operations," Erdogan told his Justice and Development Party's parliamentary group.
He said Turkey would bring down all terror nests on the eastern side of Euphrates as "We have finished all our preparations, plans, program regarding the issue."
He said Turkey cannot "look to the future with confidence without solving the Syrian issue".
The powers using terror groups as tools to reach their goals are trying to revive Daesh in Syria, Erdogan said, adding Turkey would never allow them to drag Syria into chaos by inciting the regime or reviving Daesh in the region.
"Neither people in the region nor the world believe in the Daesh game," said Erdogan.
More than 300 people lost their lives in Daesh-claimed attacks in Turkey, where the terror organization has targeted civilians in suicide bomb, rocket, and gun attacks in recent years.
Responding to reporters' questions after the meeting, Erdogan said the murder of slain journalist Jamal Khashoggi needed to be solved.
"There is no sense to try to protect the culprits," Erdogan said and added that they would not turn a blind eye to the Khashoggi case.
"If we turn blind eye to the issue, we have a joint debt against humanity, we have a conscientious debt," he said.
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