Erdoğan accuses US of planning to form 'terror army' in Syria

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‘Our mission is to strangle it before it’s even born’, says Turkish president of 30,000-strong force aimed at protecting territory held by Kurds

 

Patrick Wintour Diplomatic editor

Mon 15 Jan 2018 12.47 GMT

 

 

 

Syrian Democratic Forces fighters in Raqqa, Syria. The force is dominated by the Kurdish YPG, which to Ankara is indistinguishable from the PKK, which it regards as a terror group

Photograph: Rodi Said/Reuters

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/jan/15/turkey-condemns-us-plan-for-syrian-border-security-force

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Turkish attack on US-backed Kurds in Syria believed imminent

 

Operation targeting ‘terror nests’ would risk inflaming tensions between Trump administration and Ankara

 

Martin Chulov in Beirut, and Kareem Shaheen in Istanbul

Tue 16 Jan 2018 18.22 GMT

 

 

 

Turkish military trucks carry armoured vehicles towards the Syrian border near Gaziantep on Tuesday

Photograph: Anadolu Agency/Getty Images

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/jan/16/turkish-attack-on-us-backed-kurds-in-syria-believed-imminent