Turkey threatens action if Kurds do not evacuate Manbij
Tehran (KNA) - Turkey has announced that it will not hesitate to take action if Kurdish forces do not leave the Syrian town of Manbij.
"It has been stated that terrorists in Manbij should leave the region immediately, otherwise Turkey will not hesitate to take the initiative there as it did in other regions," said the country's National Security Council (MGK) in a statement released late on Wednesday.
The council, headed by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, added that the same approach would also be extended to all other militant groups operating to the east of the Euphrates.
It also noted that Turkey expected Iraq's government to prevent the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) from operating in the country, especially in towns of Sinjar and Qandil.
Source: PressTV