Turkey's president says his country 'cannot forget' the harshly worded letter from U.S. President Donald Trump about the Turkish military offensive into Syria.
Turkey’s president says his country “cannot forget” the harshly worded letter from U.S. President Donald Trump about the Turkish military offensive into Syria. But he says the mutual “love and respect” between the two leaders prevents him from keeping it on Turkey’s agenda.
Turkish troops and Turkish-backed Syrian fighters launched their offensive against Kurdish militias in Syria a week ago. That came two days after Trump suddenly announced he was withdrawing American troops from the border area.Turkey’s president say Syrian Kurdish fighters are withdrawing from parts of northeast Syria. That follows a cease-fire agreement reached between Turkey and the United States a day earlier.
Erdogan however, denies that clashes were ongoing, saying: “I don’t know where you’re getting your news from. According to the news I received from my defense minister, there is no question of clashes. These are all speculation, disinformation.” Mervan, a spokesman for the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces, said Friday his group’s militiamen are not withdrawing in accordance with the cease-fire deal reached overnight because the town of Ras al-Ayn remains besieged. He says Turkey and allied fighters continue to target the town.
A member of the Syrian Kurdish force says its fighters will not pull back from border towns, asserting that an agreement with Turkey to vacate those areas “will not work.” While the Kurds call it a cease-fire, Turkey says it is a pause. The two sides disagree on the size of the cease-fire area.Turkey’s Defense Ministry says a soldier has been killed by shots fired across the border from Iran during a border patrol.
Iran — like Turkey, Iraq and Syria — is home to an ethnic Kurdish population. An Iranian Kurdish militant group, also accused of links to Kurdish insurgents in Turkey, operates there.U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has met with Israel’s prime minister to reaffirm the countries’ close ties at a time when many in Israel fear the Trump administration intends to give up on the Middle East.
When asked about a U.S.-brokered cease-fire on Thursday aimed at halting the fighting in Syria, Netanyahu said “we hope things will turn out for the best.”Turkey’s pro-government dominated media is hailing the U.S.-Turkish cease-fire deal in northeast Syria as a victory for Turkey’s president.
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