Erdogan Hits Back After Trump Praises Kurdish Militia Leader
- SDF commander Abdi at the center of emerging Turkey, U.S. spat
- U.S. president says ‘looking forward’ to meeting group’s chief
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President Recep Tayyip Erdogan urged Donald Trump to “hand over” the leader of a Kurdish militia who’s been invited to the U.S. by senators, calling the commander and his fighters terrorists.
Hours after Trump said in a tweet that he had “really enjoyed” talking to Mazloum Abdi, the assumed name of the head of the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces, Erdogan hit back at the U.S. for giving an audience to a wanted criminal in an allied state.