Turkey will remove YPG/PKK from Syrian border area if Russia won't

Turkey will clear the YPG/PKK terror group from its border area with northeast Syria if Russia does not fulfill its obligations under a bilateral accord clinched this week, Turkish President Tayyip Erdoğan said on Saturday.

Under the deal hammered out by Erdoğan and Russia's President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday, Russian military police and Syrian border guards are meant to clear the YPG terrorists from within 30 km (19 miles) of the border.

Erdogan also repeated a previous threat to "open the gates" for refugees to head to Europe if European countries did not support Ankara's plans for a "safe zone" in northeast Syria.