(Bloomberg) — President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Turkey’s military operation in Syria could end after Kurdish fighters leave a strip of territory along its border, laying out his key condition for ending an offensive that has drawn American sanctions and roiled markets. The U.S. decision to stand aside when Turkey advanced into Syria to push back Kurdish groups controlling the northeast has reconfigured old alliances and taken Syria’s eight-year-old civil war into uncharted territory. Kurdish-led forces, who fought with U.S. backing to defeat Islamic State, have struck a deal for President Bashar al-Assad to deploy his troops to the border area, raising the prospects for a wider escalation and questions over the fate of thousands of jihadists who are being held in the area. “Our proposal for the most certain resolution to the problem in Syria is that all the terrorists should leave their arms and other materials and destroy the traps that they have set and leave the secure zone” that’s defined by Turkey, Erdogan told lawmakers on Wednesday. Here is a rundown of major events in Turkish local time: Key Developments Erdogan lays out conditions for an end to the military operation in SyriaTurkey has rejected demands for… Read full this story
- Turkey's Erdogan warns US of 'big mistake' in making conditions for Syria withdrawal
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- Erdogan vows to clear Syria of Kurd militia, IS
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- Russia to host Putin-Erdogan-Rouhani summit on Syria
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- Erdogan: 1998 Deal Allows Turkey to Enter Syria When it is Threatened
- As Kurdish fighters move on last Isis-controlled town in Syria, Turkey threatens to attack
- Erdogan: Turkey to Start Military Operation East of Euphrates in Couple Days
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