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    Turkey Warmly Embraces Trump's Syria Withdrawal And Delays A Planned Offensive

    "Of course, this is not an open-ended waiting process," President Recep Tayyip Erdogan added, saying he still intends to launch an operation against U.S.-backed Kurdish forces in northern Syria.
    by Colin Dwyer Dec 21, 2018 2 minutes
    Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan delivers a speech Wednesday at the presidential complex in Ankara. On Friday, Erdogan celebrated President Trump's decision to withdraw U.S. troops from Syria, where Turkey has launched attacks on U.S.-backed Kurdish fighters.

    President Trump's decision to withdraw all U.S. troops from Syria may be causing consternation in Washington and among many of America's international partners, but there is at least one NATO ally celebrating the abrupt announcement: Turkey.

    "We welcome the decision," Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said at a news conference Friday, according to the state-run Anadolu news agency.

    For years, the between the two longtime allies, particularly in regard to a group known as the the YPG. The U.S. has armed and supported the rebel Syrian Kurdish militia as a key partner in the fight against the Islamic State — a move that galled Turkey, which considers the YPG a terrorist group working with Kurdish separatists that operate within its own borders.

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