US armed forces will not be involved or support a planned Turkish operation in northern Syria, the White House press secretary said on Sunday after a phone call between President Donald Trump and his Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan.
Published : 07 Oct 2019, 10:45 AM
US forces "having defeated the ISIS territorial 'Caliphate' will no longer be in the immediate area," the press secretary said in a statement.
Turkey will now be responsible for all ISIS fighters in the area captured over the past two years, according to the statement.