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By Gunay Hasanova

Russia and the U.S. have been informed about the beginning of Turkey’s military operations in Syria, said Fikri Isik, Turkish National Defense Minister, Milliyet newspaper reported on August 25.

In addition, Isik said that later Iran was also informed about the military operations, adding that Ankara failed to inform Damascus about the beginning of military operations because of the lack of relations with theSyrian government.

On August 24 morning, the Turkish Air Force with the support of the coalition aircrafts launched an operation to liberate the city of Jarabulus from the IS militants in northern Syria, near Aleppo city.

Jarabulus is located five kilometers (three miles) from the Turkish-Syrian border.

The operation was carried out under the name “Shield of the Euphrates.”

Previously, Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yildirim said that the main point of the operation is to combat Daesh as well as other terror groups and build a Syria where all ethnic groups like Kurds, Arabs and Nusayri people live together by protecting Syria's territorial integrity.

Syria has been suffering from an armed conflict since March 2011, which, according to the UN, has so far claimed over 500,000 lives.

Militants from various armed groups are confronting the Syrian government troops. The “Islamic State” (IS, ISIL, ISIS or Daesh) is the most active terrorist group in Syria.

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