Sinn F\u00e9in\u2019s Foreign Affairs spokesperson, Se\u00e1n Crowe TD, has expressed concern at Turkey\u2019s recent\u00a0military actions into Syria.<\/p>\n
Turkish warplanes, tanks and Special Forces crossed the border into Syria in the last couple of days\u00a0to launch attacks, supposedly on an\u00a0ISIS held Syrian border town. Crowe believes this escalation is\u00a0a precursor to attacking Kurdish militants in the region.<\/p>\n
Deputy Crowe said:<\/p>\n
\u201cDaesh or ISIS is a genocidal and sectarian armed force that needs to be removed from any territory it controls. That is widely agreed, but Turkey\u2019s recent invasion and attacks in Syria supposedly under the pretext of battling Daesh is fooling nobody.<\/p>\n
\u201cTurkey is clearly\u00a0more worried about the advance and successes of Kurdish militants and using Daesh as a cover to invade Syria.<\/p>\n
\u201cKurdish militants are undoubtedly the biggest bulwark against the spread of Daesh and have made significant advances in recent months right across Syria and Iraq.<\/p>\n
\u201cEarlier this year the Turkish army tried to prevent the relief of the Kurdish town of Kobane and sat in tanks while Daesh tried to slaughter the civilian population.<\/p>\n
\u201cJust this week a Kurdish wedding party in Turkey was attacked by a Daesh suicide bomber and 54 innocent civilians were killed.<\/p>\n
\u201cYet this week Turkey uses Daesh as a cover to invade Syria as precursor to\u00a0ultimately attack Kurdish rebel held\u00a0positions in northern Syria.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe don\u2019t know how long Turkey intends\u00a0to stay in Syria, how far into the territory they intend to proceed, their military plan or political goals, or if they\u00a0intend to put extremist\u00a0surrogates in place to hold any land area.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhatever the outcome, this Turkish military offensive\u00a0will undoubtedly add to further conflict and\u00a0destabilisation in this already volatile region.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe Turkish army are not seen in any way as liberators. They add and are part of the overall problem, they are\u00a0certainly\u00a0not a solution to Daesh, extremism, or the\u00a0conflict in the region.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
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