Erdogan threatens to enter Manbij

Turkish

forces will enter the Syrian town of Manbij if the United States does not remove YPG Kurdish fighters, and it will also target Kurdish-controlled areas further east, President Tayyip Erdogan said yesterday.

The operation could begin “within days”, he said. It will be Turkey’s third military campaign in Syria in two years. Ankara and Washington have long been at odds in Syria, where the US has backed YPG in the fight against Daesh. Turkey says the YPG is a terror outfit. (Reuters)