President ErdoÄŸan’s planned attack on militias he sees as terrorists risks row with Trump
The Turkish president, Recep Tayyip ErdoÄŸan, has said that Turkey will launch a military operation against the Kurds in northern Syria within days, in a decision that could signal a shift in Turkish-US relations and have far-reaching consequences for Syria’s future.
Long frustrated by US support for Kurdish militias that Turkey views as terrorists, ErdoÄŸan has threatened to push deeper into north-eastern Syria since sending Turkish forces into the Kurdish enclave of Afrin in February.
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