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The start of Turkey's new military operation in Syria against the YPG/PYD terrorists as well as the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) is a matter of time, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said in Ankara while giving a speech in the country’s parliament.

Erdogan said the Armed Forces of Turkey, as before, are ready to start a new military operation in Syria.

“The process of preparing for the start of new military operations against YPG/PYD in Syria has been completed,” said Erdogan.

On Oct. 28, the Turkish Armed Forces shelled the positions of the YPG/PYD terrorists in northern Syria.

An artillery strike was inflicted on the positions of terrorists in the Zor Magar district of Ayn al-Arab (Kobani) city in northern Syria.

Zor Magar is located on the eastern bank of the Euphrates River and represents a strategically important height from which the border with Turkey can be seen.

Earlier, Erdogan said the US did not keep its promises regarding the withdrawal of the PYD/YPG terrorists from the Syrian Manbij.

"According to the agreements reached by Turkey and the US, the detachments of the PYD/YPG fighters were to leave the Syrian city of Manbij in 90 days, but this did not happen," Erdogan added.

On June 4, Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu and US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo discussed a road map on Manbij during talks in Washington.

Also, Pompeo and Cavusoglu met in Brussels and discussed the Operation Olive Branch, as well as other issues.

On Jan. 20, the Turkish Armed Forces, together with the Free Syrian Army, launched the Operation Olive Branch in Afrin, Syria.

On Aug. 24, 2016, units of the Turkish Armed Forces began the Operation Euphrates Shield against the "Islamic State" and with the support of the Syrian opposition liberated the border town of Jarablus in northern Syria, as well as al-Bab.

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