{"id":13928,"date":"2019-01-14T07:35:47","date_gmt":"2019-01-14T07:35:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.kumasionlinegh.com\/?p=13928"},"modified":"2019-01-14T07:35:47","modified_gmt":"2019-01-14T07:35:47","slug":"trump-threatens-turkey-over-syrias-kurds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kumasionlinetv.com\/?p=13928","title":{"rendered":"Trump threatens Turkey over Syria\u2019s Kurds"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"story-body__introduction\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-13929\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kumasionlinegh.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Turkish-backed-forces-are-poised-to-launch-an-offensive-against-Kurdish-fighters-in-northern-Syria.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"660\" height=\"371\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.kumasionlinetv.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Turkish-backed-forces-are-poised-to-launch-an-offensive-against-Kurdish-fighters-in-northern-Syria.jpg 660w, https:\/\/www.kumasionlinetv.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Turkish-backed-forces-are-poised-to-launch-an-offensive-against-Kurdish-fighters-in-northern-Syria-410x230.jpg 410w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 660px) 100vw, 660px\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"story-body__introduction\">US President Donald Trump has threatened to \u201cdevastate Turkey economically\u201d if it attacks Kurdish forces in Syria following a planned pullout of US troops.<\/p>\n<p>In two tweets on Sunday, Mr Trump said that he didn\u2019t want the Kurds to provoke Turkey either.<\/p>\n<p>US forces have fought alongside a Kurdish militia in northern Syria against the Islamic State (IS) group.<\/p>\n<p>Turkey, however, regards the People\u2019s Protection Units (YPG) as terrorists.<\/p>\n<p>President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has spoken angrily about American support for the group and vowed to crush it.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Trump\u2019s comments on Sunday followed further criticism of his abrupt decision to withdraw US forces from Syria.<\/p>\n<p>A senior figure in Saudi Arabia\u2019s royal family,\u00a0Prince Turki al-Faisal, told the BBC it would have a \u201cnegative impact\u201d\u00a0that would benefit Iran, Russia and Syria\u2019s President Bashar al-Assad.<\/p>\n<p>US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is currently in the Saudi capital Riyadh as he tours the Middle East to reassure US allies in the region.<\/p>\n<p>\u2013<\/p>\n<p>Source:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-middle-east-46859164\">BBC<\/a><\/p>\n<div id=\"quads-ad1\" class=\"quads-location quads-ad1\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>US President Donald Trump has threatened to \u201cdevastate Turkey economically\u201d if it attacks Kurdish forces in Syria following a planned pullout of US troops. In two tweets on Sunday, Mr Trump said that he didn\u2019t want the Kurds to provoke Turkey either. US forces have fought alongside a Kurdish militia in northern Syria against the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":13929,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"iawp_total_views":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[42],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13928","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-world"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Trump threatens Turkey over Syria\u2019s Kurds - Kumasi Online TV<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.kumasionlinetv.com\/?p=13928\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Trump threatens Turkey over Syria\u2019s Kurds - Kumasi Online TV\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"US President Donald Trump has threatened to \u201cdevastate Turkey economically\u201d if it attacks Kurdish forces in Syria following a planned pullout of US troops. 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