'Kurdish militia will be removed from Syria's Manbij'
Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Tuesday said the US-backed Kurdish YPG militia will be removed from Syria's Manbij after Islamic State fighters are defeated in the nearby town of al-Bab. Erdogan added that he aims to create a "safe zone" covering 5,000 square kilometers in northern Syria. Notably, YPG originated from the PKK which is fighting the Turkish state.