ANKARA (AA): Amid the U.S. withdrawal from Syria, Turkey will press the fight against terrorist group Daesh to clear it from Syrian soil, Turkey’s president said Wednesday.
“Turkey will continue the fight against Daesh and eliminate this terrorist group in Syria,” Recep Tayyip Erdogan told a joint press conference with visiting Croatian President Kolinda Grabar-Kitarovic in the capital Ankara.
On Wednesday’s suicide attack in Manbij, Syria, which killed an unspecified number of U.S. soldiers, Erdogan said that he doesn’t believe U.S. President Donald Trump will lie down in the face of this attack, as this would mean victory for Daesh.
He added that the attack could be meant to dissuade the U.S. from leaving Syria.
Initial reports suggested four Americans may have been killed in the attack, claimed by Daesh.
Manbij remains under the control of the PYD/YPG, the Syrian affiliate of the PKK terrorist organization.
During its 30-year terrorist campaign against Turkey, the PKK has taken some 40,000 lives.
