Turkey launched a military operation in northern Syria last week, with the campaign, dubbed ‘Operation Peace Spring’, supposedly aimed at the creation of a security zone along the Turkish-Syrian border free of Daesh (ISIS)* terrorists and Syrian Kurdish YPG militants, whom Turkey also labels a terrorist entity.
US President Donald Trump has said it would be “fine” with him if Syria got help from Russia in Damascus’ standoff with Turkey, and appeared to further distance himself from the US’s Syrian Kurdish allies, saying they are “not angels.”
Speaking to journalists at the White House on Wednesday as he met with Italian President Sergio Mattarella, Trump said that he would prefer slapping Ankara with sanctions to fighting in the region.
“If Turkey goes into Syria it is between Turkey and Syria. It’s not our problem,” Trump said.
“If Syria wants to fight to take back their land, that’s up to them and Turkey,” he added. “There’s a lot of sand that they can play with,” he noted. “Syria may have some help with Russia and that’s fine,” Trump said.
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