Turkey expresses dissatisfaction with France's comments on Syrian operations - diplomatic sources


People and Civil Defense members remove rubble while looking for survivors in the ruins of a destroyed Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) supported hospital hit by missiles in Marat Numan, Idlib province, Syria, February 16, 2016. REUTERS/Ammar Abdullah

ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu expressed dissatisfaction on Tuesday with French criticism of Turkish shelling of Kurdish YPG militia targets in Syria, diplomatic sources said.

In a strong statement on Sunday, the French Foreign Ministry urged Turkey to stop bombarding Kurdish zones in Syria.

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