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THE Turkish, Russian and US military chiefs of staff met yesterday to discuss tensions between their forces in Syria.
Turkey’s General Hulusi Akar, Russia’s General Valery Gerasimov and US Marine Corps General Joseph Dunford met in the Turkish city of Antalya, near the Syrian border.
On Monday the Pentagon confirmed rumours that it had sent troops to the Syrian town of Manbij to keep the Turkishbacked Free Syrian Army insurgent alliance from clashing with the Kurdish YPG militia, which enjoys US support.
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