Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Tuesday that the situation in Syria's Afrin could be resolved through direct dialogue between Damascus and Ankara, the Interfax news agency cited him as saying.
President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on Tuesday said that the Turkish Army would encircle Syria's Afrin city center as part of the ongoing Operation Olive Branch in the coming days.
“The Turkish army will lay siege to the Afrin city center in the coming days. There will no longer be an opportunity for arms shipments from the outside or a chance for the [PKK/PYD/YPG] terrorist organization to negotiate with anyone. In order to ensure the safety of our Syrian brothers and sisters and our own borders, our fight will continue until the last terrorist is neutralized,” Erdoğan said at a ruling Justice and Development (AK) Party parliamentary session in Ankara.
