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Erdogan wants US forces to leave Syria's Manbij as Turkey presses ahead with anti-Kurdish campaignThe Turkish president wondered why US forces are present in northern Syria even after Isis has been cleared. By Vasudevan Sridharan February 6, 2018 11:57 GMTTurkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has asked American forces stationed in Syria's Manbij to leave as Ankara presses ahead with its anti-Kurdish military campaign in the region. Erdogan has said that Manbij city will be returned to "its true owners" once the YPG Kurdish militia is cleared from the place.The Turkish president said: "They [the US] told us that they would leave Manbij, but why are you still there now?" Washington was a key backer of Kurdish fighters, who were at the frontline of the battle against the Islamic State (Isis).Read more at: http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/erdogan-wants-us-forces-leave-syrias-manbij-turkey-presses-ahead-anti-kurdish-campaign-1659129
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