Erdogan reacts after bombings, shows who the next object is

Turkey launched a ground offensive against a Kurdish army in the region of Africa in northern Syria, Turkish President Recep Tayip Erdogan confirmed today, a perspective seen with concern by Washington.

The African operation began de facto on the ground”, Erdogan said in a televised speech.

The “will then be Minbej”, he added, referring to another Syrian city under Kurdish control located most in the east.

Then, step by step, we will save our country to the Iraqi border from this terror, which is surrounding”, he promised.

Africa is a enclave held by the Units for the Protection of People (YPG), a Kurdish army considered by Ankara as a terrorist organisation, but US allies in the fight against the Islamic State Group (ISIS).