Published 06:31 IST, October 8th 2019
Donald Trump threatens to destroy and obliterate Turkey's economy
Donald Trump threatened to destroy Turkey's economy if it decides to take any "off-limits" actions, following withdrawal of its troop from northeastern Syria
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American President Donald Trump threatened to destroy and obliterate Turkey's ecomy if nation decides to take any "off-limits" actions, following Trump's decision to withdraw American forces from rastern Syria on October 7. US President took to Twitter and urged Turkey as well as or nations to look at captured Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) fighters and ir families. After White House anunced its decision on Sunday, United States started pulling its troops back from rast Syrian border on Monday.
US withdraws its troops
United States started withdrawing its troops from Syria's borders with Turkey after White House me anuncement on Sunday. According to reports, decision was me just after Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan stated, Ankara would kick-off a military air and ground operation in Syria in next few days. Furr reports suggest that Trump ministration wanted to wash its hands off explosive situation between Turkish military and US-allied Kurdish forces. According to reports, currently, over 1,000 troops h been deployed in rastern Syria, where y work with Kurdish YGP.
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SDF blames Washington for t keeping its promise
Just after White House anunced to withdraw its troop, Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) blamed Washington for t keeping its promise by withdrawing troops. spokesperson of SDF, Mustafa Bali stated on Twitter, " US has left rastern Syria to turn into a war zone by withdrawing its troops."
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01:08 IST, October 8th 2019