Trump lifts Turkey sanctions, quits 'bloodstained' Syria

Ankara ordered a cross-border operation into Syria on Oct 9 because it said it wanted to create a security cordon free of Kurdish armed groups that it considers to be terrorists, linked to Kurdish rebels inside Turkey.

Ahead of a meeting of NATO defence ministers on Thursday in Brussels, the United States and NATO cautiously welcomed a German proposal for a security zone in northern Syria, though US Ambassador to NATO Kay Bailey Hutchison said Europe should take charge of it and not US forces. There is no indication that Turkish forces have attacked local populations as feared by critics, a senior Trump administration official said.As US soldiers and the Kurds exited areas near Turkey's border, Turkish troops and Russian troops, who have propped up Syrian President Bashar al-Assad through his country's multi-sided civil war, moved in.

But Trump insisted that the power shift is a win for Washington, because he is fulfilling a campaign promise to step away from"ancient sectarian and tribal conflicts." "We have spent US$8 trillion on wars in the Middle East, never really wanting to win those wars," Trump said.

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