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Turkey is more determined than ever to secure its border with Syria and prevent attacks by Kurdish forces, says President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, who claims his country's "operations with plans, cannons and drones are only the beginning." SOUNDBITE
US Deputy National Security Adviser for Strategic Communications, Ben Rhodes, warned Turkey against engaging with the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), during the daily press briefing in Washington D.C. on Monday. Rhodes said that although the US support the Turkish effort to rid Jarablus of so-called Islamic State (IS, formerly ISIS/ISIL) fighters, they do not however "support and we would oppose efforts to move south and engage in activities against" the SDF.
US Vice President Joe Biden arrives in Turkey for critical talks with its leadership as Ankara launches a military operation to drive Islamic State jihadists out of a key Syrian border town. IMAGES.
Mark Toner, deputy spokesperson for the US State Department, said on Monday that the US "will welcome a formal extradition request" from the Turkish government for Fethullah Gulen, the individual that President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has accused of plotting Friday's failed coup.
Mark Toner, deputy spokesperson for the US State Department, said on Monday that the US "will welcome a formal extradition request" from the Turkish government for Fethullah Gulen, the individual that President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has accused of plotting Friday's failed coup.
Images of Turkish fighter jets taking off from a military base in Diyarbakir to carry out strikes against positions and targets of Kurdish fighters in northern Syria. According to a statement from the Ministry of Defence, "Turkey carried out air strikes this evening at 23:00 (20:00 GMT) in the regions of Tel Rifat, Cizire and Derik in northern Syria and destroyed 30 targets". Since Sunday evening, Ankara has been carrying out a campaign of drone bombings, which left at least nine people dead on Thursday, against PKK and YPG targets in Syria, in retaliation for the attack that wounded two policemen in Ankara on Sunday. IMAGES