Turkey warns Kurdish forces to withdraw, ahead of deadline

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ISTANBUL — Turkey's foreign minister has renewed warnings that his country will resume its military offensive in northeast Syria if Kurdish fighters don't vacate the region before the end of a US-brokered cease-fire Tuesday evening.

— Turkey’s foreign minister has renewed warnings that his country will resume its military offensive in northeast Syria if Kurdish fighters don’t vacate the region before the end of a US-brokered cease-fire Tuesday evening.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan addresses his supporters during an event called ” Let’s stop smoking, let’s drink Rize tea ” in Istanbul, Turkey, Sunday, Oct. 20, 2019. Speaking in Istanbul Monday, Mevlut Cavusoglu said: “If they don’t withdraw, our operation will re-start.” He accused Syrian Kurdish groups of 30 live-fire violations of the four-day-old truce, which killed one Turkish soldier.He added, however, that Kurdish fighters were complying with the US-backed deal and withdrawing from areas that Turkey controls following its wide-ranging incursion, launched on Oct. 9.

Turkey has demanded that Kurdish forces withdraw from a border strip in northern Syria 30 kilometers deep, where it intends to resettle refugees.

 

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