
US President Donald Trump has promised to withdraw US troops from areas of Kurdish-controlled northern Syria where a Turkish operation will be taking place, Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu has announced. “In a telephone call with our president, the US president informed us that the US would be vacating the ...

Turkey’s Defense Minister Hulusi Akar said Wednesday that talks with the US aimed at averting Turkish plans to carry out military intervention into northern Syria had been “positive”, according to state news agency Anadolu. “We witnessed with satisfaction that our partners grew closer to our position. The meetings were positive ...