A military operation launched by the Turkish military in Syria’s north to secure Turkey’s borders has been successfully completed, the country’s top security board has said. “Euphrates Shield Operation, launched to secure our country’s border security, prevent ISIL DEAŞ threats and attack targeting our country, give an opportunity to our displaced Syrian brothers to return their homes and continue their lives in peace and security,has been successfully completed”, the National Security Council (MGK) said in a statement issued on March 29.Launched on Aug. 24, 2016, the Euphrates Shield operation aimed at clearing its border with Syria of terrorists, which include ISIL and the Syrian Kurdish Democratic Union Party (PYD) forces, which Turkey regards as a terrorist organization due to its links with the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK).
