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Turkey has removed militants from swathe of Syria: Recep Tayyip Erdogan

ISIS and the Kurdish YPG are a threat tp Turkey, according to Erdogan

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Turkey has removed militants from swathe of Syria: Recep Tayyip Erdogan
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Turkey's president said on Friday the Turkish-backed incursion in north Syria was going successfully and a 400 sq km area had been cleared of Islamic State (ISIS) and the Kurdish YPG militia force.

"Nobody can expect us to allow a terror corridor on our southern border," Recep Tayyip Erdogan told a news conference, after the US criticised Turkey for attacking the YPG, a Syrian group Washington has backed.

Erdogan said ISIS and the Kurdish YPG threatened Turkey, which is fighting a Kurdish insurgency on its own soil. He also said Turkey had sought the establishment of a "safe zone" in Syria, but said the idea had not received the backing of other world powers.

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