Commenting on a new deal between the U.S.-backed terrorist group YPG and Damascus, President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said the group cannot sustain its existence in the Syrian territories it occupies.
The YPG was given a four-day deadline by Damascus on Tuesday to hand over the full control of the key bastion Hassakeh and for integration of the group into the Syrian army. The deadline is apparently an ultimatum for the YPG to adhere to a recent deal for integration and a cease-fire, and to force it to abandon its ambition for self-styled autonomy. Türkiye was one of the backers of the deal due to the YPG's ties to the PKK terrorist group. Ankara hopes it will complement its own terror-free Türkiye initiative for disarming the PKK.
Erdoğan was speaking at a parliamentary
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