UPDATE 1-Turkey's Erdogan to discuss possible operation in Syria with Putin - RIA
Erdogan has vowed to crush U.S.-backed Kurdish fighters east of the Euphrates in Syria and said last year that preparations were complete for an operation. Turkey, Washington's main Muslim ally within NATO, considers Syria's YPG Kurdish militia an enemy and has already intervened to sweep the fighters from territory west of the Euphrates in military campaigns over the past two years.
"Our preparations on the border are finished, everything is ready for an operation. We can begin it at any moment. I will discuss this issue among others face-to-face (with Putin) on my visit to Russia," Erdogan was cited as saying. (Reporting by Andrey Kuzmin and Christian Lowe; writing by Tom Balmforth; editing by Hugh Lawson)
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