Erdogan says Turkey to crush Kurds if truce deal falters

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan agreed on a 5-day truce with the Kurdish fighters.

In the last 36 hours, there have been 14 “provocative attacks” from Syria, Turkey’s defence ministry said, adding it was continuing to coordinate closely with Washington on implementation of the accord. Ankara regards the YPG, the main component of the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces , as a terrorist group because of its links to Kurdish insurgents in southeast Turkey.

The surprise deal to suspend Turkey’s military offensive in Syria hinged on Erdogan’s demand that Washington agree on a time limit on any ceasefire, a senior Turkish official told Reuters on Friday. Trump defended his decision as “strategically brilliant” and said the truce reached with Turkey would save millions of lives. Trump later said he held a phone call with Erdogan and that the Turkish leader “very much wants the ceasefire, or pause, to work”.

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