Trump makes way for Turkey operation against Kurds in Syria

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The US says it is stepping aside for an imminent Turkish operation against Kurdish-led forces within Syria that have until now been a key US ally. Kurdish militias played a major role in defeating the Islamic State (IS) group, but Turkey regards them as terrorists.

The US – which has hundreds of troops in north-eastern Syria – has begun to withdraw them from a border area where Turkey seeks to set up a “safe zone”. Syria’s main Kurdish-led group called the US move a “stab in the back”.

In January, President Trump threatened to “devastate Turkey economically” if it attacked Kurdish forces.

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