Pentagon blames Turkey for strikes near US troops in Syria
The Pentagon held Turkey responsible for shelling American units in the Syrian city of Kobani on Friday, in spite of denials from Ankara.
p.p1 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 16.0px Tahoma; -webkit-text-stroke: #000000} p.p2 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 16.0px Tahoma; color: #232323; -webkit-text-stroke: #232323} span.s1 {font-kerning: none} span.s2 {font-kerning: none; color: #000000; -webkit-text-stroke: 0px #000000} The Pentagon held Turkey responsible for shelling American units in the Syrian city of Kobani on Friday, highlighting risks to US forces after President Donald Trump allowed Turkey to launch attacks into northeastern Syria.
“US troops in the vicinity of Kobani came under artillery fire from Turkish positions,” said Navy Capt. Brook DeWalt, the Pentagon’s director of press operations. “The explosion occurred within a few hundred meters of a location outside the Security Mechanism zone and in an area known by the Turks to have US forces present.”
