WATCH: Trump Calls Turkey Assault on Syria a ‘Bad Idea’ as Kurds Report Civilian Deaths
By Space Coast Daily // October 9, 2019
President's comments came hours after Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan announced launch of Operation Peace Spring
ABOVE VIDEO: President Trump called Turkey’s ongoing military assault in Syria a “bad idea” Wednesday as reports are emerging of civilians being caught in the crossfire of a long-standing feud between Ankara and Kurdish forces. (Fox News video)
(FOX NEWS) – President Trump called Turkey’s ongoing military assault in Syria a “bad idea” Wednesday as reports are emerging of civilians being caught in the crossfire of a long-standing feud between Ankara and Kurdish forces.
His comments come hours after Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan announced the launch of Operation Peace Spring — a mission that will “neutralize terror threats against Turkey and lead to the establishment of a safe zone, facilitating the return of Syrian refugees to their homes.”
Trump was heavily criticized throughout the week following his decision Sunday to pull American troops out of northern Syria, leaving the Kurdish forces — who have been longtime U.S. allies in the fight against ISIS in Syria — in peril.
Ankara views the Syrian Kurdish forces as terrorists allied with a Kurdish insurgency within Turkey.
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