Erdogan '%s' to Kurds: Leave or we'll hit more

While the five-day ceasefire hours are running out, Turkey's President Recep Tayip Erdogan warned about 1,300 Kurdish fighters from Syria that they must leave areas north-East of Syria.

Erdogan told reporters before his departure for Russia to meet with President Vladimir Putin that 800 Kurdish fighters have left the areas and reiterated that they will continue the military attack with “Stronger deployment” if Kurdish fighters do not leave until 2200 local times, the AP reports.

On Thursday Ankara and Washington agreed to a five-day ceasefire, which expires later today in northern Syria, to allow members of the Kurdish People's Protection Unit to withdraw from the <x0-> security zone” Turkey wants to deploy to the border area.

Erdogan, before today's meeting with the Russian president in Soci, said he would discuss with Putin how the Syrian constitutional committee, which will meet by the end of the month, could contribute to concrete progress, Reuters reports.

The Turkish president meets with Putin on the day he expires a five-day ceasefire in northern Syria, reached with the American administration, to attract Kurds there 32km from the border with Turkey.