Turkey’s president says Russia continues to violate Turkish airspace

Addressing media following a Cabinet meeting chaired by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in Ankara on Monday, Kurtulmus said: “The announcement of the cease-fire and starting of the cease-fire process is positive for us also”.

Kurdish members of the Self-Defense Forces stand near the Syrian-Turkish border in the Syrian city of al-Derbasiyah during a protest against the operations launched in Turkey by government security forces against the Kurds, February 9, 2016.

Turkey on Tuesday said it was not optimistic over the implementation of a Syria ceasefire announced by the United States and Russian Federation, threatening to keep up retaliatory artillery strikes against Syrian Kurdish fighters.

An unnamed German diplomat also confirmed that North Atlantic Treaty Organisation was not “going to pay the price for a war started by the Turks”.

But the growth of the YPG and its political wing the PYD, largely at the expense of Islamic State, has sparked concern in Turkey.

As western-backed armed groups and al-Qaeda’s Syria branch (al-Nusra Front) reached a truce with the so-called Islamic State, Davutoğlu’s reckless comments reveals Turkish unequivocal support for ISIS terrorists.

“It’s about preventing other countries, especially Turkey, from sending more recruits, more terrorists, more armaments, or any kind of logistical support to those terrorists”, he said.

“Taking part in a condolence ceremony for a suicide bomber, who spilt blood, commemorating him with respect, is the greatest treachery”, he said in parliament.

Six months into its intervention on Bashar al-Assad’s behalf, Moscow is using bombing raids to weaken rebels fighting the Syrian regime.

A Syrian opposition activist group says heavy fighting has cut off the government’s only supply route to the northeastern city of Aleppo. This week, local reports also claimed that 30,000 civilians in southern Hasaka fled after the YPG advanced into their areas and went to ISIS-controlled areas. As the Syrian crisis entered its fifth year, the ruling AK Party brought home nothing but humiliation as all its attempts to bring down the Syrian government proved futile.

Konashenkov said in a statement that the center has been created in line with a U.S.-Russian agreement on a cease-fire set to take effect Saturday. Worse, the United States did not seem alarmed when one of its allies, the Kurdish People’s Protection Units, or Y.P.G., was coordinating with the Russians to fight other U.S.-aligned groups.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said won’t vouch for the success of the agreement but said it’s the best pathway for ending the bloodshed.

The main umbrella for Syrian opposition and rebel groups said late Monday that it “agrees to a temporary truce” as long as the main opposition’s demands are met.

Erdogan said the worldwide community should not to make a distinction between terrorist organizations.