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Erdogan threatens to invade all of northern Syria
People protest against Erdogan's attacks on the Kurds outside the Turkish embassy in Beirut, Lebanon

TURKISH President Recep Tayyip Erdogan vowed today to expand his army’s assault on Syrian Kurds eastwards towards the border with Iraq.

Mr Erdogan said his troops would advance at least as far as Manbij, 60 miles east of Afrin, their current focus.

Turkey’s Operation Olive Branch is targeting the Kurdish YPG militia in Afrin canton, with the aid of so-called Free Syrian Army gunmen.

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