“Our new target is the east of the Euphrates River. We informed Russia and the USA about the readiness for a new operation in Syria, ”Anadolu quotes Erdogan as saying.

Erdogan noted that earlier the Turkish army conducted operations in the Syrian Afrin, Jerablus and Al-Bab.

According to him, "Ankara does not intend to remain inactive in response to provocations and shelling of border settlements from Syrian territory."

Earlier it was reported that Turkey plans to create a security zone along its borders in the north of Syria.