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Turkey: Erdogan vows new attacks on Kurds
President calls on US to stop backing militias in Syria and Iraq

TURKISH President Recep Tayyip Erdogan threatened more attacks on US-backed Kurdish militia in Syria and Iraq yesterday.

Speaking in Istanbul, Mr Erdogan insisted that US support for such groups “must come to an end” and said he would bring the matter up at a meeting with President Donald Trump next month.

He was speaking the day after his government deployed troops to the region of southern Turkey that borders Syria.

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