Erdogan says latest Kurdish YPG attack on Turkish police is 'final straw'


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  • Tuesday, 12 Oct 2021

A member of a fire crew sprays water onto a burned vehicle after a car bomb exploded in Afrin, Syria, October 11, 2021. WHITE HELMETS/via REUTERS

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ISTANBUL (Reuters) -President Tayyip Erdogan said on Monday that Turkey was determined to eliminate threats originating in northern Syria, adding an attack by Kurdish YPG militants that killed two Turkish police was "the final straw."

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