Erdogan warns Turkey has 'right to mobilize' again against Kurdish forces
The Turkish president's comments come a year after Turkey launched an offensive against Kurdish fighters in northeast Syria.
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A year after launching an incursion into northeast Syria, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan raised the possibility of another offensive against US-backed Kurdish forces in the war-torn country.
"We see the presence of terrorist organizations in areas along our Syrian border not under our control," Erdogan said in an address to lawmakers in his ruling party Wednesday. "If the terrorists here are not cleared as we were promised, we have the legitimate right to mobilize once again."