Amid scattered fighting, Erdogan threatens to restart Syria operation

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Scattered fighting flared in northern Syria on Friday (Oct 18) despite a ceasefire deal as Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan warned he would ...

ISTANBUL: Scattered fighting flared in northern Syria on Friday despite a ceasefire deal as Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan warned he would resume a full-scale operation against Kurdish forces if they do not withdraw from a border"safe zone."

"If the promises are kept until Tuesday evening, the safe zone issue will be resolved," Erdogan told reporters in Istanbul."If it fails, the operation... will start the minute 120 hours are over." Despite reports of continued fighting, Trump said"there is good will on both sides & a really good chance for success."Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, who accompanied Pence to Ankara, said in an interview with Politico published Friday that he was"confident" the violence would cease and a ceasefire would take hold.

"No US ground forces will participate in the enforcement of this safe zone, however, we will remain in communication with both Turkey and the SDF," Esper said. Trump said Friday that"some" European countries, which he did not name,"are now willing, for the first time, to take the Fighters that came from their nations."

 

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