US and Turkish troops are “illegal invader” forces on Syrian territory and Syria will “deal with” them, a top adviser to President Bashar al-Assad said on Tuesday. “Turkey today is a colonizer country, its forces on our soil are illegal, just as the American forces are on our soil illegally,” she told Lebanese channel al-Mayadeen. “We will deal with this issue as we deal with any illegal invader force on our lands,” she said, without elaborating. The United States and Turkey are backing various rebel groups opposed to both Assad and to Islamic State. The US-led coalition battling Islamic State in Syria has repeatedly said it does not seek to fight Assad’s forces, though Washington and Ankara both want the president to step down.

Source: Egypt Independent November 08, 2017 08:37 UTC