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Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavu?o?lu exchanged phone calls with his counterparts from the United States, the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, Saudi Arabia and Denmark, as well as NATO?s secretary-general, after the completion of the evacuation of the Tomb of Süleyman ?ah in Syria on Feb. 22.

Around 300 armed Syrian Kurdish fighters provided a security corridor for Turkish troops that staged an incursion to evacuate a Turkish-held tomb in northern Syria, witnesses in the region say.
 

Turkish opposition parties have harshly reacted to the evacuation of the Tomb of Süleyman ?ah in northern Syria, accusing the government of abandoning the country's only territory outside its borders.

Turkey informed the Syrian Consulate in Istanbul about a military operation to evacuate its military personnel protecting the Tomb of Süleyman ?ah in northern Syria, but Ankara did not await permission from Damascus, the Syrian government said Feb. 22.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdo?an has congratulated both the government and the Turkish Armed Forces (TSK) for their "successful" overnight "?ah F?rat" evacuation operation into neighboring Syria to evacuate troops guarding an Ottoman tomb and to move the crypt to a new location.

Turkey informed the international coalition combatting extremist jihadists in Syria of its ??ah F?rat? operation to evacuate the Tomb of Süleyman ?ah right immediately after mobilization began, the Turkish prime minister has said.

Turkey informed the international coalition combatting the extremist jihadists inside Syria of its ?ah F?rat evacuation operation right after the military mobility began along with all other parties operating in the Syrian territory, including the Free Syrian Army, the Turkish prime minister has said.

Turkey has evacuated its military personnel protecting the Tomb of Süleyman ?ah in northern Syria as well as the artifacts in the mausoleum in an operation jointly conducted by the intelligence organization and the Turkish army, a few days after reports suggested that the tomb was besieged by jihadists belonging to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).

Turkey has evacuated its military personnel protecting the Tomb of Süleyman ?ah in northern Syria as well as the artifacts in the mausoleum by an operation jointly conducted by the intelligence organization and the Turkish army, few days after reports suggested that the tomb was besieged by the jihadists belonging to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).

Families of the victims of 2011 Uludere (Roboski) air strike massacre have demanded that retired Col. Aygün Eker provide testimony in the case after the soldier said he had warned his superiors that the targets were civilians, not outlawed Kurdistan Workers? Party (PKK) members.