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You think Trump shocked Pentagon, State Department and US Congress by pulling out from parts of Northern Syria?

TURKS WERE ALSO SURPRISED by the White House readout, because Trump didn’t tell Erdogan in the call that he was going to withdraw

middleeasteye.net/news/exclusive…
Ankara would wait about a week for US forces to fully pull out from the area before launching its offensive in Syria, senior Turkish official told MEE.

“But if we see a risk, there would be an intervention [before then],” the official said

middleeasteye.net/news/exclusive…
More or less this article by Newsweek confirms our story on Trump/Erdogan call

A US official adds,

“To be honest with you, it would be better for the US to support a Kurdish nation across Turkey/Syria/Iraq. It would be another Israel in the region."

newsweek.com/exclusive-offi…
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S-400s, a story:

Everything started when Turkey downed a Russian jet, Su-24 in Nov 2015 for violating its airspace. Russians were repeatedly bombarding Turkman-led rebel groups by using Turkish airspace. Ankara issued several warnings. Then downed a jet.

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