The Turkish President said his country has run "out of patience" after the latest deadly attack on its police force in northern Syria and harassment targeting his country’s territories, Anadolu reports.
Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s comments came at a news conference following a Cabinet meeting at the Presidential Complex in the capital Ankara.
Two Turkish special operation police officers were killed and two others wounded in the Operation Euphrates Shield zone of northern Syria when the YPG, the Syrian offshoot of the PKK terror group, struck an armed vehicle with guided missile.
Erdogan said Ankara is determined to eliminate threats emanating from northern Syria, either itself or with the support of active local forces.
Turkey has been fighting terror groups such as the PKK, Daesh/ISIS and FETO, Erdogan said.
Earlier, Erdogan gave an interview to the American CBS TV channel, noting that it is time for the United States to clarify its position on Syria. Is the US going to “fight extremism together with Turkey” or will it continue to support Kurdish unions?
According to the Turkish President, he would like the American troops to leave Syria and Iraq.
