Pentagon

PLANNED TURKISH OPERATION INTO NORTHERN SYRIA TESTS LIMITS

PLANNED TURKISH OPERATION INTO NORTHERN SYRIA TESTS LIMITS

US President Donald Trump, after talks with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, decided –once again- to pull back US troops from (Northern) Syria. While the troop withdrawal is on way, Pentagon officials and some heavy-weight senators are trying to dissuade Trump, as they did and succeeded in late 2018. Will Trump make another U-turn? If not, will Russia and Iran give implicit backing to a Turkey-led operation in the east of Euphrates? Turkey is testing limits in Syria, once again.