Syria Considers US Military Presence in Al-Tanf An Act of Aggression
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A statement by Syria's information minister included that the US military presence in the country, as well as Turkish entry into Idlib, are acts of aggression.
Minister Mohammed Ramiz Tarjaman said in an interview with RIA Novosti that Damascus does not consider any region of Syria liberated until the Syrian army enters it.
"We do not consider any city liberated until the Syrian Arab army enters it and lifts the Syrian flag over it. This applies to any point of the Syrian map," Tarjaman added.
He noted that Damascus regards the withdrawal of Daesh [the Arabic acronym for Takfiri ‘ISIS/ISIL' terror group] from Raqqa as a positive event, but it still requires the Syrian troops to enter into the city for it to be fully liberated 'regardless of whether Daesh is there or some other faction or organization'.
The Syrian Democratic Forces captured Raqqa on October 20, after four years of Daesh control. The SDF operation, backed by Americans, to liberate the city from the Daesh self-proclaimed caliphate was launched in early June.
In this regard, US President Donald Trump described the SDF victory in the region as a "critical breakthrough" and said that a "transition into a new phase" would start soon.
Source: News Agencies, Edited by website team
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