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Ammon News - AMMONNEWS - Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan informed Jordanian King Abdullah II and Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi about Turkey’s ongoing "anti-terrorist operations" on Tuesday, official sources said.

Erdogan told Abdullah over the phone that the chaos in Syria was affecting Jordan and Turkey. He said that stability would not come to Syria as long as Bashar al-Assad remained in power.

A transitional government based on the "Geneva Declaration" was essential to end the conflict in Syria, Erdogan added.

The 2012 Geneva Communique called for an immediate end to fighting in Syria and the formation of a transitional governing body, including members of the opposition and the government.

Abdullah offered his condolences over the July 20 Suruc attack in Turkey that left 32 people dead, and other attacks on Turkish police and army in recent days.

He said that Jordan considered Turkey's security as Jordan's own security. He added that Jordan supported Turkey's efforts against Daesh and condemned all forms of terrorism.

Erdogan also told Renzi over the phone that stability would not come to Syria as long as Assad was in power.

The Turkish president also discussed the situation in Egypt and Libya.

On Tuesday, a Libyan court sentenced Saif al-Islam Gaddafi and seven other former Libyan leaders to death for corruption and abuse of power.

On May 16, Morsi and more than 100 Muslim Brotherhood supporters were sentenced to death by a Cairo court in connection with a mass jail break in 2011.

Erdogan said that the international community must utmost sensitivity in the death sentences.

Renzi, who made the call to Erdogan, said that Italy was against the death penalty.

Renzi also offered condolences over the loss of lives in recent attacks in Turkey. He added that Italy supported Turkey's efforts against terrorism.

The two leaders also agreed on supporting efforts to find a political solution to the Libya crisis.

On Monday, security forces detained 1,050 suspects across 34 Turkish provinces since the nationwide "anti-terrorist operations" in the country began, Turkish Prime Minister’s Office of Public Diplomacy said in a statement.

Turkey recently launched airstrikes against Daesh and the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) in Syria and Iraq. On Friday night and in the early hours of Saturday, Turkish jets bombed PKK camps in northern Iraq for the first time in the last two-and-a-half years. Turkish jets again hit PKK targets inside and outside Turkey on Sunday night and on Tuesday.

*Turkish Weekly