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On the front page of the press, the continuation of Turkey's offensive against Kurdish forces in northeastern Syria.
The UAE daily, The UAE, reports that the advance of Turkish troops has already displaced more than 60,000 civilians in two days, according to the UN - residents trying to flee Turkish air strikes and artillery shelling. In response to this influx, the NGO Save The Children warns of "imminent humanitarian disaster", which could threaten nearly 700,000 people in total. While it is not known for the moment whether the Turkish offensive will be limited to a border zone, or whether it will continue to Raqqa, the former stronghold of the Islamic State group, The East Day is worried: "How far will Turkey go?" According to the Lebanese newspaper, Recep Tayip Erdogan also threatens to open the doors of Europe to refugees on its soil. The Independent in the United Kingdom says the Turkish president is willing to send more than 3.5 million refugees to Europe if the EU continues to evoke the "invasion" of its troops in Syria.
"The weapon of blackmail", the Italian newspaper Il Manifesto reacts - reminding that the flow of migrants from Turkey to Europe has dried up considerably since the agreement concluded in 2016 between Ankara and the EU. "Blackmail", repeats ABC - noting possible retaliatory measures in Madrid, which threatens the withdrawal of Spanish missiles that protect Turkey, if it continues to "continue its bellicose escalation". In France, Le Figaro notes that the Turkish president, in addition to the 3.5 million refugees he hosts on its soil, is also endowed with a "new weapon of massive deterrence": the 2000 or so European jihadists, including more than 400 French, that he may also decide to dismiss, if that is his will. The newspaper reports, moreover, that dozens of them, previously held by Kurdish forces, were exfiltrated in Iraq by US soldiers. For L'Humanité , the threats of Erdogan, which he condemns, are also "the result of the shameful deal passed with (his country) by the European authorities so that (he) stamps, against finances, by retaining at ( he) a large part of the refugees and migrants ".
The cartoonists do not fray, they against Donald Trump, accused of having given the green light to the Turkish offensive. Steve Bell criticizes the comments of the American president, who justified his lack of reaction to the Turkish operation, by the fact that the Kurds did not help the United States during the Second World War, with a drawing where the tank Trump assault against these Kurds, who have never helped the Americans in Normandy. The attitude of the United States is pure and simple treason, according to Steve Breen, which shows the sacrificed Kurdish people, impaled on the American flag. Two drawings found on Twitter .
Many reactions also this morning, in France, after the rejection of the candidacy of Sylvie Goulard to the European Commission, by the MEPs. Les Echos present their refusal to validate the choice of Emmanuel Macron as an "open crisis in the heart of Europe", a "setback" for French President, who reacted by criticizing the "resentment" and "smallness" of the deputies . "Goulard releases, Macron enrage": Liberation speaks of a "snub" for the Elysee, recalling that in 2017, Sylvie Goulard had resigned from the government after his involvement in the use of parliamentary assistants of the Modem in Parliament European. "Macron sent Goulard to the pipe breaker. This raises once again the question of the talents of the HRH of the Elysee, "comments the newspaper, which quips:" Caesar carefully selected his generals, which allowed him to conquer Gaul. Although Jupiterian, Macron does not yet have the necessary vista to conquer Europe. The same is true of L'Opinion , where Kak shows the fallen president-jockey Goulard. Emmanuel Macron missed the European show jumping event. "Rebellion, extinction," headlines the newspaper, referring to the radical green movement that is on the rise, Extinction Rebellion.
A word before leaving, the release on Wednesday, the Tunisian presidential candidate, Nabil Karoui. The release of the boss of the Nessma TV channel, four days before the second round of presidential elections, where he will face the conservative Kaïs Saïed, is "the bet of freedom and democracy," according to La Presse . The Tunisian newspaper salutes "the courage" of the Court of Cassation, and is delighted to see the two candidates face off tonight in a televised debate - an "unprecedented" debate for the young Tunisian democracy.
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