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U.S. to step aside

for Turkish assault

on Kurds in Syria

By ZEKE MILLER and LOLITA cep Tayyip Erdogan has
C. BALDOR threatened for months to
Associated Press launch the military opera-
WASHINGTON (AP) — The tion across the border. He
White House said Sunday views the Kurdish forces as
that U.S. forces in north- a threat to his country. Re-
east Syria will move aside publicans and Democrats
and clear the way for an have warned that allow-
expected Turkish assault, ing the Turkish attack could
essentially abandoning lead to a massacre of the
Kurdish fighters who fought Kurds and send a troubling
alongside American forces message to American allies
in the yearslong battle to across the globe.
defeat Islamic State mili- In this Wednesday, July 11, 2018, file photo, President Donald Trump, left, talks with Turkey's Presi-
tants. Continued on Next Page dent Recep Tayyip Erdogan, as they arrive together for a family photo at a summit of heads of
Turkish President Re- state and government at NATO headquarters in Brussels.
Associated Press