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Erdogan Set to Meet Trump to Discuss Syrian Crisis

Dorian Jones

   ISTANBUL - Rising tensions over Syria is expected to top the agenda of
   talks between U.S. President Donald Trump and Turkish President Recep
   Tayyip Erdogan.

   The meeting, expected to take place Wednesday evening on the sidelines
   of the United Nations General Assembly, comes as Ankara is threatening
   to move further into Syria to attack Kurdish militia forces. The YPG is
   a critical American ally and Ankara designates the group a terrorist
   organization linked to an insurgency inside Turkey.

   Turkish forces are massing on the Syrian frontier, facing off against
   the YPG.

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