4 minutes agoTrump says Turkey “has key to Syria's future”
Periskopi(a year ago)
(a year ago)US President-elect Donald Trump said on Monday that Turkey would hold the “key to what happens in Syria, where Ankara-backed rebels ousted Bashar al-Assad's government earlier this month. Making his first comments on how he views the role of NATO ally in [...]
Making his first comments on how he views the role of NATO's ally in post-conflict Syria, Trump praised what he described as Turkey's “large military force”, which he said “was not tired of war”, writes foreign media, records Telegrafi.
Since Assad's fall, Washington and Ankara have reportedly held talks to counter any revival of Islamic State militants in Syria.
Washington has held about 900 troops in eastern Syria as a defence against militants.
Asked what he would do with those troops, Trump was unclear, noting the power of the Turkish military and stressing his relationship with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.
“Erdogan is someone I have a good relationship with... He built a very strong and powerful army”, Trump said further.
