“The Turkish criminal aggression waged by Erdogan’s regime against our country is currently a blatant invasion and sheer aggression,” Assad’s press service quoted the president as saying.
خلال استقباله # الفياض اليوم .. الرئيس # الأسد: # العدوان_التركي الإجرامي الذي يشنه نظام # أردوغان على بلدنا حاليا هو غزو سافر وعدوان واضح ردت # سورية عليه في أكثر من مكان عبر ضرب وكلائه وإرهابييه, وسترد عليه وتواجهه بكل أشكاله بأي منطقة من الأرض السورية عبر كل الوسائل المشروعة المتاحة
- Syrian Presidency (@Presidency_Sy) October 17, 2019Earlier, Russia's Permanent Representative to the UN, Vasily Nebenzya, stated that Turkey assured Moscow that it would respect the territorial integrity of Syria.
As noted by Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, the Russian side will help establish synergies between Syria and Turkey to ensure security at their border.
On October 9, Turkey launched the “Source of Peace” military operation in northeast Syria.