Erdogan: We will save all northern Syria from the injustice of PYD
ARK News: Turkish President, Recep Tayyip Erdogan said that Turkey would rescue areas of northern Syria from the injustice of "YPG" as it did in the Afrin region Kurdistan, Syria.
In a speech at a graduation ceremony of officers in the Turkish capital of Ankara on Friday, 26 October 2018, Erdogan said that “YPG militants belonging to the Democratic Unionist Party, who are digging trenches around Manbij city, are preparing their graves. It seems they will not leave to us much work. "
The Turkish president explained, "We will save Manbij, and Ain al-Arab, Till Abiadh, and all the territory of northern Syria, of their injustice, as we did in Afrin"
Turkish Foreign Minister Mouloud Jewish Oglu said earlier that any procrastination by the US side on the Syrian issue of Manbij will restore the roadmap agreed between the two sides and is a step backward.
Jewish Oglu a press conference, addressed the Americans saying: "Either you clean up Manbij yourself or we do it," pointing that "We will discuss with his American counterpart, Mike Pompeo, bilateral relations and issues of importance to Ankara.
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan accused the United States of failing to comply with the timetable agreed between Ankara and Washington for the withdrawal of the "YPG" from the Manbij city in rural Aleppo.
On last June 18, the Turkish Chief of Staff announced that the Turkish and US armies had begun conducting independent patrols along the line between the area of the “Direh al-Furat” (Euphrates Shield) in northern Aleppo and Manbij.
The roadmap agreement includes removing “YPG” militants from Manbij, entering joint patrols to Manbij and then administrating the city by a local civilian council under US-Turkish supervision.
It is worth mentioning that Manbij was liberated on August 13, 2016, with the support of the International Coalition, and more than a thousand of young Kurds were martyred in the liberation process which recruited by them, after which they announced that they had entered the battle of Manbij by regional and international agreement, and have to leave the region after liberation, and this was confirmed by the Military Council in Manbij in its statement after the US-Turkish agreement on Manbij.
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