Erdogan says will clear ´terrorists´ from Syria border if Sochi deal fails
World governments reacted with concern after Turkey launched a military offensive on Kurdish forces in northern Syria.
ANKARA: President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Saturday said Turkey would "clear terrorists" on its border in northern Syria if Syrian Kurdish militia did not withdraw by the end of a deadline agreed with Russia.
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"If the terrorists are not cleared at the end of the 150 hours, we will take control and clean it ourselves," Erdogan said during a televised speech in Istanbul, referring to the YPG militia viewed as a "terrorist" offshoot of Kurdish insurgents in Turkey.
World governments reacted with concern after Turkey launched a military offensive on Kurdish forces in northern Syria.
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