The US bipartisan senate proposal to sanction Turkey over its anti-terror operation in Syria is seen by some analysts as reactionary, offering little in the way of constructive solutions
Meanwhile, Republican Senator Rand Paul slammed Senator Lindsey Graham and congresswoman Liz Cheney as the "neocon War Caucus" for their criticism on US troop withdrawal from northern Syria.
Meanwhile, Senator Rand Paul alleged actors in Syria wanted to "keep starting endless wars in conflicts that go back hundreds of years." Turkey has no interest in occupying Syria or changing its demographics,” presidential spokesman Ibrahim Kalin said Wednesday in a live interview over the phone with the BBC.
"This operation is being carried out in accordance with international law, Article 51 of the UN Charter and UN Security Council resolutions on the fight against terrorism,” said Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu on Wednesday. Turkey plans to resettle two million Syrians in a 30-km wide safe zone to be set up in Syria, stretching from the Euphrates River to the Iraqi border, including Manbij. However, the presence of terrorist groups such as the PKK, PYD and YPG risk its formation.Turkey has rid an area of 4,000 square km in Syria of terrorist groups in two separate cross-border operations.
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