TURKISH President Recep Tayyip Erdogan challenged Nato ally the US to get its troops out of north-western Syria yesterday, accusing it of having “calculations” against “regional powers.”

Mr Erdogan addressed MPs from his ruling AKP party in parliament, a day after the Pentagon said it was pulling troops out of Iraq — to Afghanistan — after declaring victory over Isis.

"The US says that they have cleared Daesh from Syria," he said, using the Arabic acronym for Isis. “Why are you still here?"