"We have said before we will strike the YPG if they do not retreat" from Manbij, Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu told journalists, referring to the Kurdish People's Protection Units.
The YPG, which Ankara considers a "terrorist" organisation, is backed by the United States as the most effective fighting force on the ground in the battle against IS.
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