Turkey 'ready for operation' in Syria as Trump defends US pullout
In an apparent response to Mr Trump's earlier comments, Turkish Vice-President Fuat Oktay said the country would not bow to threats over its Syria plans, saying:"Where Turkey's security is concerned, we determine our own path but we set our own limits."
Turkey wants to set up a 480km long and 30km deep"safe zone" along its border with Syria, to resettle up to two million of the more than 3.6 million Syrian refugees currently living in Turkey.Here in Akcakale there is no sign of any Turkish military build-up, but on both sides of the border wall there is a sense that an offensive is coming, and probably soon.
Dozens of TV cameras - local and international - are now trained on the border wall. For civilians and refugees on the other side, in north-eastern Syria, there are real fears of what a Turkish invasion could mean. Even if it's limited in scope - and it's unclear if it will be - it could cause massive displacement.
If Turkey takes over areas controlled by Kurdish-led forces, the White House said Turkey would be responsible for all IS fighters held there.The Turkish military carried out strikes targeting the Syrian-Iraqi border to cut-off a transit route used by Kurdish forces, Reuters news agency quoted Turkish officials as saying
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