Working towards a safe zone


In force: In this photo taken on Friday, Turkish-backed Syrian opposition fighters abour an armored personnel carrier are about to cross the border into Syria, in Akcakale, Sanliurfa province, south-eastern Turkey. — AP

AS Turkey’s ongoing border operation involving Syria is being widely covered in the international media, it would be useful to put things in perspective here.

Turkey’s humanitarian foreign policy approach is embodied in the current operation we have recently launched along the country’s south-eastern border with Syria.

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