Turkey's military operations in Syria will continue further east until several towns stretching hundreds of kilometers towards the Iraqi border have been cleared of militants, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Monday.
Speaking in Ankara a day after Turkish forces and their rebel allies stormed the northwestern Syrian town of Afrin, Erdogan said Turkey would also target regions around Manbij, Qamishli, Ayn al-Arab and Ras al-Ain.
Erdogan also said Turkey would carry out an offensive against Kurdish militants in northern Iraq if Baghdad does not clear the region of them.
Reuters
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