Tensions rise between Turkey, US along Syrian border

[TomCADem]

Source: MSN/Washington Post

ISTANBUL — Tensions rose Saturday along the Turkish-Syrian border as both Turkey and the United States moved armored vehicles to the region and Turkey’s leader once again demanded that the United States stop supporting Syrian Kurdish militants there.

The relocation of Turkish troops to the area came a day after U.S. troops were seen patrolling the tense border in Syria. Those patrols followed a Turkish airstrike against bases of Syrian Kurdish militia, the United States’ main ally in combating Islamic State militants in Syria.

More U.S. troops were seen Saturday in armored vehicles in Syria in Kurdish areas. Kurdish officials described U.S. troop movements as a “buffer” between them and Turkey.

But Turkey views Syria’s Kurdish People’s Protection group, known as YPG, as a terrorist organization and an extension of the Kurdish militants who have been waging a three-decade-long insurgency against Turkey.

Read more: http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/tensions-rise-between-turkey-us-along-syrian-border/ar-BBAwYCB?li=BBnb7Kz

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Again, thought Trump/Pence knew about Flynn's Turkey ties and there were cool with it.

[David__77]

1. Action that restrains Turkey along the Syrian border is good.

I can understand countries, including Turkey, defending national borders. Turkey has not respected Syria's borders, and with "Euphrates Shield," is expansionist.