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Erdogan: We Will 'strangle' U.s. Backed Force In Syria "before It's Even Born"


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BEIRUT/ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Turkey’s Tayyip Erdogan threatened on Monday to “strangle†a planned 30,000-strong U.S.-backed force in Syria “before it’s even born,†as Washington’s backing for Kurdish fighters drove a wedge into relations with one of its main Middle East allies.

 

The United States announced its support on Sunday for plans for a “border force†to defend territory held by U.S.-backed, Kurdish-led fighters in northern Syria.

 

The Syrian government of President Bashar al-Assad responded on Monday by vowing to crush the new force and drive U.S. troops from the country. Assad’s ally Russia called the plans a plot to dismember Syria and place part of it under U.S. control...

 

https://www.reuters....n-idUSKBN1F41HJ

 

 

It is worth noting, that the US position has obviously changed, vis a vis, Kurdish-led fighters in northern Syria, if we are to believe that Trump runs the US government.

 

 

 

Trump praises Turkey's Erdogan as a friend

 

NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday praised Turkey’s President Tayyip Erdogan as a friend despite tensions between the two countries over Turkish security officials involved in street fighting with protesters during a visit to Washington in May...

 

 

Trump hailed Erdogan’s leadership in Turkey and said Erdogan “has become a friend of mine.â€

 

“I think now we’re as close as we’ve ever been,†he said.

 

https://www.reuters....d-idUSKCN1BW2SJ

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