ANKARA, Turkey — A top Syrian Kurdish official says his fighters are prepared to confront Turkish forces if they enter northeastern Syria.
Shahoz Hasan, co-chair of the largest Kurdish group in Syria, the Democratic Union Party, or PYD, says it’s clear from Ankara’s latest statements that Turkey has a plan to enter northeastern Syria.
He says: “We will be ready.”
Hasan speaks to The Associated Press as White House national security adviser John Bolton is in Turkey to negotiate the fate of America’s Kurdish allies amid a planned US troop withdrawal from Syria.
Shortly after Bolton’s meetings and in an apparent snub to the US diplomatic push, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan says Ankara’s preparations for a new military offensive against terror groups in Syria are “to a large extent” complete.
— AP
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