Erdogan rebukes U.S. security adviser over Kurdish militia comments
Erdogan said John Bolton, who held talks with Turkish officials in Ankara on Tuesday but left without meeting the president, "made a serious mistake" in setting conditions for Turkey's military role after the U.S. pull-out.The rebuke highlights the difficulties in implementing Trump's goal of bringing home some 2,000 U.S. troops stationed in Syria - a plan that hinges on Turkish cooperation to secure a huge swathe of northeast Syria as the United States departs.
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