Erdogan says will clear 'terrorists' from Syria border if Sochi deal fails

AFP Published: 2019-10-26 21:04:24
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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.

President of Turkey, Recep Tayyip Erdogan. [File Photo: IC]

President of Turkey, Recep Tayyip Erdogan. [File Photo: IC]

"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.

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