“We are receiving threats from both the right and the left to stop this operation. I told Trump, I told others - “stop it” (US military support for the Kurdish forces. - RT ), but you did not. And now we will not back down, ”RIA Novosti quotes the Turkish leader.
By clearing the west and east of the Euphrates from terrorists, Turkey will ensure the security of its borders and the return of Syrian refugees home, Erdogan added.
Earlier, the head of the Pentagon, Mark Esper, in a telephone conversation with Turkish Minister of National Defense Hulusi Akar, called for an end to the military operation "Source of Peace" in Syria.