Erdogan vows to destroy all terror camps in Iraq, Syria

MANISA, TURKEY - NOVEMBER 03: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan addresses the crowd during opening ceremonies of smart phone factory, cobalt facility in Manisa, Turkey on November 03, 2017. Turkish armed forces will destroy every terrorist camp in Iraq and Syria, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Friday. Speaking at an opening ceremony of multiple projects in western Manisa province, Erdogan said they are determined to eradicate all terrorism beyond borders. The president recalled Operation Euphrates Shield -- an anti-Daesh operation of Free Syrian Army fighters backed by Turkish military -- in northern Syria that cleared Daesh terrorists from Jarabulus and Al-Bab earlier this year and also the ongoing military deployment in another Syrian city of Idlib. “We will destroy every terror camp we identify in Iraq and Syria,” he said. There is “nothing more important for us than the survival of our country and nation,” he said. "It is our fundamental right to hit terrorists wherever they are located," he added.(Footage by Fatih Dogan/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images)