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Turkey Troops to Stay in Syria, Iraq 'Until Border Security Ensured', Defence Minister Tells AFP
Defense Minister Yasar Guler said troop levels will be reviewed only after Turkey judges border security and regional threats under control.
- Defence Minister Yasar Guler told AFP that Turkey will maintain its military presence in Iraq and Syria until border security with both neighbours is fully ensured, with future posture to be reconsidered once conditions improve.
- Turkey has long maintained troops to counter PKK separatists and Islamic State jihadists along its borders, but the regional situation shifted following Bashar al-Assad's fall last year and the emergence of a new Ankara-allied government in Syria.
- Troop numbers are assessed based on ground needs rather than personnel counts alone, Guler said, with Turkey establishing "close coordination in the field of security" with Syria's new government to strengthen military capacity.
- Ankara is closely watching Iraq's efforts "to disarm militia groups and bring them under state control," hailing recent successes in Sinjar, while monitoring the PKK's progress in dissolving its military structure this month.
- Guler said future Turkish military posture will address "Syria's sovereignty and territorial integrity" and will be reassessed once the terrorist threat is eliminated, state authority is fully established, and border security is ensured.
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Turkiye troops to stay in Syria, Iraq ‘until border security ensured’, defense minister tells AFP
ANAKARA: Turkiye will keep its own troops in Syria and Iraq until border security with its two neighbors has been fully ensured, Defense Minister Yasar Guler told AFP. “We are maintaining our military presence in Iraq and Syria,” he said in a written answer to AFP questions. “When we assess that the necessary conditions have been met in terms of regional and border security, the status of our base areas and our presence in the region will be rec…
·Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
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Türkiye to keep troops in Syria, Iraq until borders are secure: defence minister
Ankara’s military posture remains tied to threats along its southern borders, even as Türkiye pursues security cooperation with Baghdad and changes to its military footprint in northern Iraq.
·Istanbul, Türkiye
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