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Turkey to leave Afrin after elections
(MENAFN) Turkey's defense minister says Syria's northern city of Afrin would be handed over to a central government in Syria when a new administration has been formed following elections.
Speaking to reporters in parliament on Tuesday, Nurettin Canikli said Turkey would continue to take measures in Afrin until all terror threats in the region are eliminated.
Turkey-backed FSA militia swept into Afrin town on Mar. 18, raising their and Turkish flags in the town center and declaring full control after an eight-week campaign to drive out Kurdish YPG fighters.
Turkey views the YPG as an extension of the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), which has fought a three-decade insurgency in Turkey and is deemed a terrorist group by the United States, the European Union and Turkey. The YPG has been an important ally for the United States in the fight against Islamic State.
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Speaking to reporters in parliament on Tuesday, Nurettin Canikli said Turkey would continue to take measures in Afrin until all terror threats in the region are eliminated.
Turkey-backed FSA militia swept into Afrin town on Mar. 18, raising their and Turkish flags in the town center and declaring full control after an eight-week campaign to drive out Kurdish YPG fighters.
Turkey views the YPG as an extension of the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), which has fought a three-decade insurgency in Turkey and is deemed a terrorist group by the United States, the European Union and Turkey. The YPG has been an important ally for the United States in the fight against Islamic State.
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