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.
Monday, 7 October, 2019 , 15:31 AFP — US forces in Syria started pulling back Monday from Turkish border areas, opening the way for Ankara's threatened military invasion and heightening fears of a jihadist resurgence.
Monday, 7 October, 2019 , 15:22 AFP — Influential Republicans including staunch allies of Donald Trump in Congress angrily criticized the president Monday for pulling back US troops from key areas of northern Syria, warning the move abandons battlefield allies the Kurds.
Monday, 7 October, 2019 , 12:50 AFP — US Senator Lindsey Graham, a top ally of Donald Trump, said Monday he would be calling on Congress to reverse the president's decision to withdraw US troops from Turkey's border with Syria.
Monday, 7 October, 2019 , 12:22 AFP — President Donald Trump on Monday justified his decision to withdraw US troops from Turkey's border with Syria, saying the region would have to "figure the situation out" and that America needed to get out of "ridiculous Endless Wars."
Monday, 7 October, 2019 , 12:05 AFP — President Donald Trump on Monday justified his decision to withdraw US troops from Turkey's border with Syria, saying the region would have to "figure the situation out" and that America needed to get out of "ridiculous Endless Wars."
Monday, 7 October, 2019 , 11:53 AFP —
Monday, 7 October, 2019 , 11:46 AFP — US forces in Syria started pulling back Monday from Turkish border areas, opening the way for Ankara's threatened military invasion and heightening fears of a jihadist resurgence.
