A fighter from the Kurdish People Protection Unit (YPG) poses for a photo at sunset in the Syrian town of Ain Issi, some 50 kilometres north of Raqqa, the self-proclaimed capital of the Islamic State (IS) group during clashes between IS group jihadists and YPG fighters on July 10, 2015. AFP PHOTO / DELIL SOULEIMAN (Photo by DELIL SOULEIMAN / AFP) syria - conflict - kurds - culture syria - conflict - kurds - culture syria - conflict

A fighter from the Kurdish People Protection Unit (YPG) poses for a photo at sunset in the Syrian town of Ain Issi. (File photo: AFP)

Turkey says eradication of Kurdish YPG in Syria ‘imminent’

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Reuters, Ankara

Published: 06 January ,2025: 03:48 PM GST Updated: 06 January ,2025: 03:52 PM GST

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Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan said on Monday that eradication of the Kurdish YPG militia in Syria was “imminent”, and that Ankara would not agree to any policy that allowed the YPG to maintain a presence there.

“We are in a position to not only see but also to break any kind of plot in the region,” Fidan said in a joint press conference with his Jordanian counterpart Ayman Safadi.

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