(MENAFN) Turkey warns against not moving the US-backed Kurdish militants away from Syria's Manbij saying that if it does not reach an agreement with the US on a plan to remove them from the northern border town, it will move to ousted them.
"If this plan is not realized, the only option left will be clearing away terrorists. This is not just valid for Syria, but also for Iraq," Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said in interview with state-run Anadolu news agency on Thursday.
He noted that Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and his US counterpart Donald Trump will hold a phone conversation with regard to the issue on Thursday.
Turkey-backed FSA militia swept into Afrin town on Sunday, raising their and Turkish flags in the town center and declaring full control after an eight-week campaign to drive out Kurdish YPG fighters.
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