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Turkey, US can turn Raqqa into 'graveyard' for IS: ErdoganTurkish president says the militant group would 'look for a place for themselves to hide' if US linked with TurkeyAFP Saturday 29 April 2017 10:07 UTCTurkey and the United States can join forces to turn the Islamic State group's de facto capital of Raqqa in Syria into a "graveyard" for the militants, the Turkish president said on Saturday."The huge America, the coalition and Turkey can join hands and turn Raqqa into a graveyard for Daesh," Recep Tayyip Erdogan told an Istanbul meeting, using an alternative name for the IS group. "They will look for a place for themselves to hide," he said. Erdogan's comments came ahead of a meeting with President Donald Trump on 16 May in the United States.Turkey sees the Kurdish People's Protection Units (YPG) in Syria as a terrorist group linked to the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), which has been waging a deadly insurgency against Ankara since 1984.Continued: http://www.middleeasteye.net/news/turkey-us-can-turn-raqqa-graveyard-erdogan-2110275401
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