Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said that the West had been breaking promises in Syria, accusing Ankara’s partners of backing “terror groups” including IS jihadists in the country.

More than 37 Turkish soldiers have died in Turkey’s major incursion inside Syria since it had been launched in August to back pro-Ankara Syrian fighters battling IS and Kurdish militia.

Casualties have mounted as the military sought to take the town of Al-Bab from IS jihadists and Ankara has become more impatient over the lack of support from the US-led coalition against the extremists for the Turkish operation.

Erdogan said at a news conference while visiting Guinean President Alpha Conde, “The coalition forces have not been keeping their promises, unfortunately”. He added, that “Whether they do or they don’t, we will be continuing along this path in a determined way. There is no going back on the path we have set out on”.

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Turkey has met the fiercest resistance yet of the campaign in the fight for Al-Bab, some 25km south of the Turkish border.

Erdogan had complained that instead of supporting Turkey, the West had been backing the Kurdish Peoples’ Protection Units (YPG) and Democratic Union Party (PYD), who work with the United States on the ground in Syria, and also IS.

Erdogan stated, “They have been supporting all the terror groups, the YPG, PYD but also including Daesh (IS)”.

By Prakriti Neogi