Kurds use Syria incursion to chip away at Erdogan

The Syrian Democratic Forces, after having contributed to the death of Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi as well as an IS spokesman, push for a greater US condemnation of Turkey's latest incursion into Syria.
Turkish soldiers patrol along a wall on the border line between Turkey and Syria, in the Turkish border town of Ceylanpinar, in Sanliurfa province, Turkey, October 29, 2019. REUTERS/Kemal Aslan - RC1AB07BD360
Turkish soldiers patrol along a wall on the border line between Turkey and Syria, in the Turkish border town of Ceylanpinar, in Sanliurfa province, Turkey, Oct. 29, 2019. - REUTERS/Kemal Aslan
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In the wake of a US raid that took the life of Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi over the weekend, the Pentagon-backed Syrian Kurds are hoping to convince the Donald Trump administration to take a harder line against the weekslong Turkish incursion into Syria.

As the Pentagon-supported Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) touted more US raids in northern Syria, including a Monday strike that US officials said left IS spokesman Abu Hasan al-Muhajir dead near Jarablus, the Kurdish-led group began to mount a public relations offensive demanding information about what Turkey knew about Baghdadi’s whereabouts.

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