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Wednesday, August 24, 2016
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Wednesday, August 24, 2016
US tells pro-Kurdish forces in Syria not to cross Euphrates
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleBiden says Washington made clear that pro-Kurdish forces in Syria must not cross west of the Euphrates River, a prospect alarming for Turkey.
“We have made it absolutely clear… that they must go back across the river,” Biden says at a news conference with Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yildirim.
“They cannot, will not and under no circumstances [will] get American support if they do not keep that commitment. Period.”
His comments come after Turkish troops earlier today launched an operation inside Syria to cleanse the key town of Jarabulus from Islamic State.
— AFP
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