President of Turkey, Recep Tayyip Erdogan chairs the cabinet meeting held at Presidential Complex in Ankara, Turkey on February 19, 2018. ( Kayhan Özer - Anadolu Agency )
Ankara: Turkey will lay siege to Afrin in northern Syria after launching an offensive against Kurdish militia in the region last month, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Tuesday.
"In the coming days, swiftly, we will lay siege to the centre of the town of Afrin," Erdogan told his ruling party lawmakers in parliament.
His remarks came as Turkey's ground and air offensive against the People's Protection Units (YPG) militia, viewed as "terrorists" by Ankara, entered its second month.
