President Erdoğan: FSA is Not a Terrorist Organization

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Holding a statement at the Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey (TÜBİTAK) awards ceremony in the Presidential Palace in Ankara, President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has made a statement about Operation Euphrates Shield running in al-Bab.

Erdoğan said in his speech today (December 29) that "We don't receive the slightest support from any of the so-called ally states in the region, nor the NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization)".

"We are the ones who have put up the greatest fight against Daish"

Stating that Turkey did not receive any support from the NATO or the other ally forces in the region, President Erdoğan has added;

"Then again, lies over lies. What do they say? 'Turkey supports Daesh (Islamic State of Iraq and Syria)'. We are the ones who have put up the greatest fight against Daesh.

"At this point, we are the ones who has suffered the loss and from the start, the Free Syrian Army (FSA) has also suffered great losses.

"The FSA is not a terrorist organization, as a matter of fact, this is an organization for which the US in the beginning had asked [Turkey] to establish it together'.

"We now act together with them, and provide them the necessary support. Why? In order to not leave them alone on their own lands".

(AS/DG)