Turkey to free northern Syria from ‘cruelty of YPG/PKK terrorists’: Erdoğan
Giving a speech during a graduation ceremony of Gendarmerie and Coast Guard Academy in the capital Ankara, Turkish President Erdoğan said in his Friday speech: "The way we freed Afrin, we will save other lands of northern Syria [such as] Manbij, Ayn al-Arab, Tel Abyad from the cruelty of separatist [YPG/PKK] terrorist organization."
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- Anadolu Agency
- Published Date: 12:00 | 26 October 2018
- Modified Date: 09:24 | 26 October 2018
Turkey will save northern Syria from the cruelty of YPG/PKK terrorist organizations, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said on Friday.
"The way we freed Afrin, we will save other lands of northern Syria [such as] Manbij, Ayn al-Arab, Tel Abyad from the cruelty of separatist [YPG/PKK] terrorist organization," Erdoğan said at a graduation ceremony of Gendarmerie and Coast Guard Academy in the capital Ankara.
"Now, they are digging trenches around Manbij," Erdoğan said, referring to the terrorist group YPG/PKK. "They are digging their own graves," he added.
"Apparently, they will not leave a lot of work for us," the Turkish president said.
On Jan. 20, Turkey launched Operation Olive Branch to free northwestern Syrian city of Afrin of YPG/PKK and Daesh terrorists. On March 18, Turkish troops and the Free Syrian Army liberated the Afrin city center.
In its more than 30-year terror campaign against Turkey, the PKK -- listed as a terrorist organization by Turkey, the U.S. and the EU -- has been responsible for the death of some 40,000 people, including those of women and children. The YPG is its Syrian branch.