Al Jazeera: Turkey says will launch Syria attack if US delays troop pullout
Turkey and US remain at loggerheads over the future of Syrian Kurdish forces after Trump's decision to pull out troops.
Turkey will go ahead with an offensive against Syrian Kurdish fighters in Syria if the United States delays the withdrawal of its troops from the war-torn country, Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu has said.
"If the [withdrawal] is put off with ridiculous excuses like Turks are massacring Kurds, which do not reflect the reality, we will implement this decision," he told NTV channel on Thursday.
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And suddenly Turkey's F-35's end up with the Hellenic Air force at a much discounted price.
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