(MENAFN) Turkey's foreign minister said on Tuesday Ankara could launch a ground operation in Iraq to remove threats from Kurdish groups to its forces stationed in the country.
In detail, "If there is a threat posed to Turkey, we are ready to use all our resources including a ground operation...to eliminate that threat," Mevlut Cavusoglu said in an interview with Kanal 24 broadcaster.
Moreover, Cavusoglu referred to Turkey's ambitious offensive in Syria as an example of how Turkey took the threat to its security seriously.
Since 24 August, Ankara has supported opposition rebels to clear the Islamic State group (IS) from its border and halt the westward advance of the Syrian Kurdish militia YPG.
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