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ISTANBUL Turkey said Tuesday it is working with the United States to coordinate the withdrawal of American forces but remains "determined" to clear U.S.-allied Kurdish fighters from northeastern Syria.
Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu told reporters that "if Turkey says it will enter, it will," in comments carried by private DHA news agency. His comments came amid reports that Turkey-backed Syrian rebels are getting ready to begin a military operation in and near the northern town of Manbij that is controlled by Kurdish-led fighters.
For weeks, Turkey has been threatening to launch a new offensive against the Kurdish fighters, who partnered with the U.S. to drive the Islamic State group out of much of northern and eastern Syria. Ankara views the Kurdish forces as terrorists because of their links to an insurgent group inside Turkey.
President Donald Trump announced the planned withdrawal of U.S. forces after a phone call with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan earlier this month.
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Way to go Trumpy
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(67,104 posts)ass out of the White House.
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(34,661 posts)Murder of innocent people is nothing new for them. BTW,what did Kusner and Trump receive as a reward? Hotel rights in Istanbul? Kissy face for MBS tapes? Or all of the before mentioned.
Has anyone heard what happened to that 115 billion defense contract with the Saudi's,or was that another Trump wet dream.
Sounds like Bibi is getting nervous about this Syrian thing. Seems to me,there will be pay back for Israeli Bombing of Syrian Cities.
Thanks to Donald of Little Knowledge,we are about to see the Mid East explode .
Amazing how Bin Laudin's predictions are coming true even in his death.