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Trump Threatens to “Devastate Turkey Economically” If Syrian Kurds Targeted

HeadlineJan 14, 2019

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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