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Ankara plans road network to connect Syria with southern Turkey

The Turkish government is working with local councils in Syria's Euphrates Shield area to build and improve a road network to connect the area's cities with southern Turkey.
A road sign that shows the direction to Manbij city is seen in the northern Syrian town of al-Bab, Syria March 1, 2017. Picture taken March 1, 2017. REUTERS/Khalil Ashawi - RC15D78AB000

ALEPPO, Syria — In cooperation with the local councils of the Euphrates Shield area in Aleppo, the Turkish government is seeking to establish a road network to connect the main cities of the area and link them with the southern Turkish provinces of Gaziantep and Kilis, which are home to hundreds of thousands of Syrian refugees.

While the cost is yet to be revealed, the project will be carried out in cooperation between the local councils of the Euphrates Shield area and the Turkish government. Syrian engineers and technicians will be employed by the Turkish government to work with Turkish engineers.

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