Syria
US denies Erdogan accusations of 'supporting IS'
The United States embassy in Ankara on Wednesday denied Washington had ever supported Islamic State (IS) jihadists in the Syrian conflict after Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan claimed the extremists had enjoyed US backing. "The United States government is not supporting Daesh," the embassy said in a terse statement, using another acronym for IS. The […]
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