Turkey says it is ready to advance into northeast Syria following US President Donald Trump’s decision to withdraw troops from the Turkey-Syria frontier.
A build-up of troops and tanks near the border is continuing and a security official claims one of the main goals is to cut off a transit route between Iraq and Syria often used by Kurdish armed groups before the operation in Syria.
US President Donald Trump has denied that his decision to withdraw troops is a betrayal of US allies the Kurds.