Erdogan threatens to 'nip in the bud' new US-backed Syria force

Monday, 15 January, 2018 , 11:41

Ankara, Jan 15, 2018 (AFP) — Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Monday threatened to thwart the creation of a new US-backed 30,000-strong border security force in northern Syria before it was even set up.

"America has acknowledged it is in the process of creating a terror army on our border. What we have to do is nip this terror army in the bud," Erdogan said, after Turkish officials objected that the new force would be comprised of Kurdish militia Ankara accuses of being terrorists.