ANKARA - Turkish forces, together with the rebel Free Syrian Army, will cross the Syrian border “shortly”, President Tayyip Erdogan’s communications director said early on Wednesday, as a surprise withdrawal of U.S. troops made way for the Turkish incursion.
On Tuesday, Turkish officials told Reuters that the military had struck the Syrian-Iraqi border to prevent Kurdish forces using the route to reinforce the region, though details of the strikes were hazy. “Turkey has no ambition in northeastern Syria except to neutralize a long-standing threat against Turkish citizens and to liberate the local population from the yoke of armed thugs,” the column said. Turkey has said it intends to create a “safe zone” in order to return millions of refugees to Syrian soil, but the scheme has alarmed some Western allies as much as the risks posed by the military operation itself.
Erdogan will visit the United States on Nov. 13 at Trump’s invitation, a White House spokesman said. On Monday, Erdogan said U.S. troops had started to withdraw after a phone call he had with Trump, adding that talks between Turkish and U.S. officials on the matter would continue. Russia, Syrian President Bashar al-Assad’s strongest foreign ally, said it was not told in advance by Washington or Turkey about any agreements to pull U.S. troops.
Trump denied he had abandoned the Kurdish forces, the most effective U.S. partners in fighting Islamic State in Syria. But he praised Turkey as a trade partner, in a softening of tone hours after threatening to “totally destroy” Turkey’s economy if it acted “off limits” in Syria.
TradeCMC genocide!
This is not good, America will be responsible for what happens. Allies won't trust us again.
You know, I've always loved military hardware--tanks, artillery, etc. But seeing this picture of artillery just waiting for the signal to hurl shells at someone a few miles away is incredibly sad. I hope someday all our weapons can be turned into plowshares, as the poets say.
This will be the most shameful day of that malignant narcissist’s presidency. All those people and their families!!! 25thAmendmentNow
Looks like the Kurds have been sold out. This will end badly
Sickening.
They so called Syrian rebels are Al Qaida and Al Nusra front, how can western media be so stupid and utterly ignorant
They're about to bomb the crap out of the Kurds and the world stands by.
But LindseyGrahamSC told them not to do it. I don't understand how this could be happening.
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