Members of Free Syrian Army (FSA) attack PYD/PKK positions as village of upper Hecika cleared of PYD/PKK terrorists within the "Operation Olive Branch" in Afrin’s Rajo town in Syria, on February 18, 2018. Hi?am Al Homsi - Anadolu Agency )
ANKARA: Syria's government will face consequences if it reaches an agreement with the Kurdish YPG militia against Turkey's military operation, President Tayyip Erdogan was quoted as telling Russian President Vladimir Putin in a phone call on Monday.
Turkish broadcaster CNN Turk said Erdogan told Putin that Turkey's offensive, dubbed Operation Olive Branch, would continue as planned.
A source in Erdogan's office had said the two leaders had held a phone call earlier on Monday, discussing recent developments in Syria's Idlib and Afrin.