Sourced: Daily Sabah
By Mehmet Celik
Turkey and France have different agendas regarding Syria, as President Emmanuel Macron is in search of a heroic story abroad to counter the challenges he faces in domestic politics while Ankara has been utilizing diplomatic and military energy to establish peace in the war-torn country.
On Sunday, 40-year-old Macron, who is completing his first year in office, appeared on French television in an interview with two experienced French journalists.
“With these strikes and this intervention, we separated the Russians and the Turks on this issue. … The Turks condemned the chemical strike and supported the operation that we conducted,” Macron told BFM TV, referring to the U.S.-led airstrikes on Syrian regime chemical weapons facilities in response to the alleged use of chemical weapons in the Damascus suburbs of Eastern Ghouta and Douma on April 7.
Read more at: https://www.dailysabah.com/diplomacy/2018/04/17/turkey-seeks-peace-macron-in-search-of-heroism-in-syria