US starts training Turkish troops for joint Syria patrols

PARIS (AP) — Defense Secretary Jim Mattis says the U.S. has now begun training Turkish troops — marking the final step before the two countries begin conducting joint patrols likely later this month around the strategic northern Syrian city of Manbij.
Mattis says that initial instruction for Turkey’s military trainers started, and will soon be followed by U.S. training of the broader Turkish force that will conduct the patrols.
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