A Turkish news agency has published detailed data on several US Army military bases in Syria. In the USA the sharp criticism provokes. ...
A Turkish news agency has published detailed data on several US Army military bases in Syria. In the USA the sharp criticism provokes.
The US could not clarify who was the guide for the relevant report of the news agency Anadolu, said Eric Pahon, spokesman of the Ministry of Defense. "But we would be very worried if representatives of a NATO alliance would put our soldiers at risk by publishing sensitive information."
On Tuesday, Anadolu named the bases of ten US military posts in Nordsyria. In some cases the exact number of soldiers stationed there from the USA and France was also mentioned. Pahon said. The publication expels the coalition forces from unnecessary risks and could lead to disturbances in the efforts to suppress the Islamic extremist militia (IS).
Other confrontational points between the USA and Turkey
The US has long been in dispute with Nato partner Turkey. For example, US President Donald Trump is also supporting the Syrian Kurdish militia YPG, which was allied in the fight against the IS. Turkey, on the other hand, regards the YPG as an extended arm of the forbidden Kurdish Workers' Party (PKK), which opposes it.
In addition, the US refuses to surrender Fethullah Gülen, the ex-preacher in exile, who the Turkish president, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, sees as the lead-in of the coup attempt in the middle of 2016.
In addition, Turkey is angry because the US issued arrest warrants against several Turkish personalities. They are accused of being violently protested against demonstrators during Erdogan's visit to the United States in mid-May.
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