Recep Tayyip Erdogan says he will continue with a military operation in northeastern Syria “with greater determination” if Kurdish fighters fail to meet the commitments of a U.S.-brokered cease-fire.
Speaking as he left Ankara for an October 22 meeting with his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin, at the Black Sea resort of Sochi, Erdogan said all Kurdish People"s Protection Units (YPG) must leave a "safe zone" Turkey wants to create along a section of its border with Syria.
The Turkish leader said that about 700 to 800 YPG members have already withdrawn, with another 1,200 to 1,300 still in the process.

"If the promises given to our country by the United States are not kept, we will continue our operation from where we left off with greater determination," Erdogan said.