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Tensions High Ahead of Erdogan-Trump Meeting

Dorian Jones

   ISTANBUL - Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan visits Washington
   this week to meet President Donald Trump, a meeting some consider an
   opportunity to reset relations that have been strained over numerous
   policy differences.

   Turkey's military operation against the Syrian Kurdish militia, the
   YPG, is expected to top the agenda. Ankara designates the. YPG as
   terrorists, but the militia is a crucial ally in the U.S.-led war
   against Islamic State.

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