Erdogan: only a 3rd of YPG (SDF) fighters have withdrawn...SDF: Turkey blocked their retreat
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If the promises given to us by America are not kept, we will
continue our operation from where it left off, this time with a
much bigger determination, Erdogan said.
With deadline just hours away, Erdogan says only about a
third (just over) of the YPG fighters have withdrawn.
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That is exactly what SDFs Mazlum predicted on Saturday that
Erdogan would say. Turkey blocked their retreat, only to keep
them in place to kill them come Tuesday...
Richard Engel:
While President Trump is shown a map of the Middle East,
Putin and Erdogan are in Sochi redrawing it.
In the days after President Trump paved the way for Turkey
to invade northern Syria, several of his closest allies
went to the White House twice to try to change his
mind, according to four people familiar with the meetings.