Turkey threatens new Syria incursion amid NATO debate
Erdogan ups the ante as NATO allies offer cool response to Ankara’s demands over Sweden, Finland membership.
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President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Monday Turkey will soon launch a new military incursion against US-backed Kurdish fighters in northeast Syria.
Erdogan said the operation would extend the Turkish armed forces’ areas of control in Syria to a depth of 30 kilometers along the two countries’ shared border.