Turkey has decided to no longer stop Syrian refugees from reaching Europe by land and sea, a senior Turkish official told Reuters on Thursday, in anticipation of the imminent arrival of refugees from Syria’s Idlib where nearly a million have been displaced.
Turkish police, coast guard and border security officials have been ordered to stand down, the Turkish official added. Earlier on Thursday, a local Turkish governor said an attack on Turkish military in Idlib killed 27 soldiers.
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-syri ... SKCN20L33V
EDIT: number is now at 57 dead. It went from 9, to 27, 39, to 57...basically Turks are getting their shit pushed in by Team Assad-Putin.
Refugee Crisis Part Deux
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Refugee Crisis Part Deux
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Re: Refugee Crisis Part Deux
Almost like it's a plan
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Re: Refugee Crisis Part Deux
EU assistance to Turkey expires at the end of the year-- most likely this is a negotiation tactic leveraging the EU's most important foreign policy issue (immigration and migration).
https://op.europa.eu/webpub/eca/special ... 7-2018/en/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Instrumen ... Assistance
https://op.europa.eu/webpub/eca/special ... 7-2018/en/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Instrumen ... Assistance
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