p.p1 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 14.0px Calibri; -webkit-text-stroke: #000000} span.s1 {font-kerning: none} Turkey has launched an attack into northern Syria, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan announced on Wednesday, just hours after Ankara informed the United States that it planned to launch an incursion within a day’s time.
Ankara's notice came in a statement to the US ambassador to Turkey, David Satterfield, a senior administration official said. In signaling the intent to invade, Erdogan appeared to buck threats of “economic obliteration” made by President Donald Trump on Monday, including possible sanctions.