Turkey announces plans to launch military operations in Syria’s Raqqa

YEREVAN, FEBRUARY 8, ARMENPRESS. Turkey’s minister of foreign affairs Mevlut Cavusoglu announced they are planning to launch military operations in Syria’s Raqqa, NTV.com.tr reports.

“Our first goal is to complete the operation in Al-Bab. After this we will target Raqqa. We can deploy special forces there”, he said.

TheTurkish military intervention in Syria, code-named by Turkey asOperation Euphrates Shield began August 24, 2016.