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January 14, 2019

Trump Threatens to "Devastate Turkey Economically" If Syrian Kurds Targeted
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Following the Pentagon's announcement of the start of U.S. troop
withdrawals from Syria last week, Trump ratcheted up threats to Turkey
over the issue of Syrian Kurds. Trump said in a tweet Sunday the U.S.
would "devastate Turkey economically if they hit Kurds." On Saturday,
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said he believed Turkey and the U.S.
could work together toward a "good outcome," days after Turkish
President Recep Tayyip Erdogan blasted national security adviser John
Bolton for saying Turkey should protect Syrian Kurdish fighters as a
condition for U.S. troop withdrawal from Syria. Meanwhile, Israeli Prime
Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Sunday that Israeli forces had attacked
Iranian weapons warehouses in Syria.


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