President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Tuesday that Turkey was preparing to “eliminate” the threat from the US-backed Kurdish YPG militia in northern Syria “very soon”. “Turkey has the right to eliminate all threats against its national security,” he said in a televised speech in Ankara. “God willing, we will carry ...
The United States warned Tuesday that any “unilateral” offensive by Turkey to remove a Kurdish militia in Syria would be “unacceptable” and vowed to step up talks to prevent such action. “Clearly we believe any unilateral action by them would be unacceptable,” Defense Secretary Mark Esper told reporters on a ...
