ANKARA – Turkey has started preparations to clear northern Syria’s Aynal-Arab, Ras al-Ain and Tel Abyad regions from militants up to the Iraqiborder, President Tayyip Erdogan said on Friday, adding that it would alsoclear militants from Iraq.
Erdogan said Turkey has no intention of harming soldiers of allied nationspositioned in the region, but that it could not allow militants to roamfree.
United States troops are positioned alongside Kurdish YPG militants inSyria’s Manbij. French President Emmanuel Macron said on Thursday it hadassured the YPG of its support to stabilize northern Syria.