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January 11, 2019

Pentagon Says It's Withdrawing from Syria as Turkey Readies Invasion
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The Pentagon says it has begun the process of withdrawing U.S. troops
from Syria, as ordered by President Trump, but declined to comment on
its planned timetable or the movement of troops. The reported U.S.
withdrawal came as Turkey said it would invade parts of Syria controlled
by Kurdish militias unless the U.S. rapidly completed a withdrawal. This
is Turkey's foreign minister.

Mevlüt Çavusoglu: "But if this process is prolonged or extended over a
period of time, and, as I have said before, if they delay this process
with false and absurd excuses, like unreal statements such as 'Turks
will slaughter the Kurds,' then we will put this decision of starting an
operation in east of Euphrates into practice."



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