Iran has called for an immediate halt to Turkish military intervention in the Syrian Kurdish enclave of Afrine, the state-run Irna news agency reported.
“Iran hopes that this operation will stop immediately to prevent a worsening of the crisis in the border regions of Turkey and Syria,” said Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Bahram Qasemi.
“A prolonged crisis in Afrine could strengthen (…) terrorist groups in northern Syria,” he added, quoted by Irna.
Iran is an ally of Damascus, who denounced the Ankara offensive.