Tuesday, 8 October, 2019 , 00:24 AFP — US President Donald Trump warned Turkey on Monday against going too far in Syria, one day after giving Ankara a green light to invade its southern neighbor and sparking panic among Washington's Kurdish allies.
Monday, 7 October, 2019 , 21:40 AFP — The US has redeployed only 50-100 troops away from Syria's northern border as Turkish troops threaten to cross, a senior administration official said Monday, denying reports that Washington pulling out completely from the country.
Monday, 7 October, 2019 , 19:35 AFP — European powers on Monday warned against a threatened Turkish offensive in northern Syria, saying the move, which has been facilitated by a US pullout, would boost the Islamic State group and spark a new refugee crisis.
Monday, 7 October, 2019 , 19:03 AFP — US President Donald Trump warned Turkey Monday against going too far in Syria, one day after giving Ankara a green light to invade its southern neighbor, sparking panic among Washington's Kurdish allies.
Monday, 7 October, 2019 , 17:09 AFP — The United States has pulled back a "very small number" of troops from areas of northern Syria along the Turkish border, a senior State Department official said Monday, after President Donald Trump seemed to indicate a wider retreat.
Monday, 7 October, 2019 , 16:34 AFP — US President Donald Trump said Monday that he will "obliterate" Turkey's economy if Ankara does anything that in his "great and unmatched wisdom" he considers to be "off limits" in Syria.
Monday, 7 October, 2019 , 16:10 AFP — The United States has pulled back a "very small number" of troops from areas of northern Syria along the Turkish border, a senior State Department official said Monday.
Monday, 7 October, 2019 , 16:07 AFP — President Donald Trump said Monday that he will "obliterate" Turkey's economy if Ankara does anything that in his "great and unmatched wisdom" he considers to be "off limits" in Syria.
Monday, 7 October, 2019 , 16:03 AFP — Syria's Kurds control about 30 percent of the war-battered country, establishing a fragile autonomy in oil-rich areas in the northeast, near the border with Turkey.
Monday, 7 October, 2019 , 15:55 AFP — Turkey has previously launched two operations into Syria -- in 2016 and 2018 -- to push back from its border Islamic State group jihadists and Kurdish militia fighters.
