Istanbul, Dec 20, 2024 (AFP) - Erdogan says time to 'eradicate' IS, Kurdish fighters in Syria

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President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Friday it was time to destroy "terrorist" groups that posed a threat to Syria's survival, in reference to Islamic State group jihadists and Kurdish fighters. "Daesh, the PKK and their affiliates -- which threaten the survival of Syria -- must be eradicated," he told journalists while returning from a Cairo summit, using an Arabic acronym for IS. "It's time to neutralise the existing terrorist organisations in S......

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