President Donald Trump today (January 13, 2019) warned Turkey it would face economic devastation if it strikes at the Kurds when U.S. forces pull out of Syria, according to the VOA News website.
"Likewise, do not want the Kurds to provoke Turkey," Trump said in a tweet late today.
Without giving any further details, he wrote "Create 20 mile (32 kilometers) safe zone."
The Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (YPG), which Turkey views as a terrorist group, were among the United States' closest allies in the fight against Islamic State (IS) militants inside Syria. Turks and Kurds have been clashing for decades, as the Kurds have been trying to establish an independent state of their own in Turkey.
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