Turkey to delay operation against Kurdish forces until U.S. gets out of Syria
by Umar Farooq and Nabih Bulos, Los Angeles Times
Dec 21, 2018
2 minutes
ISTANBUL - Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan announced Friday that he would postpone military operations in northeastern Syria against U.S.-backed Syrian Kurdish fighters, but that Turkey would take over the U.S. mission to clear what remains of Islamic State from the region. The planned incursion could have pit thousands of U.S. soldiers and their
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