Turkey's Erdogan welcomes Western attack on Syria

US, Britain and France-led airstrikes on Syria have been welcomed by Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan. He noted that the operation sent a message to Syrian counterpart Bashar al-Assad.

Erdogan noted that the joint operation on Saturday by US, UK and France gave out a message to the Syrian regime that "its massacres would not be left unanswered".

"With the joint operation by US, UKand France on Saturday, the Syrian regime received the message that its massacres wouldn't be left unanswered," Erdogan told his ruling AK Party supporters in an Istanbul meeting.

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"The innocent Syrian people should have been defended long ago," Erdogan added.

(With inputs from Reuters)