Turkish Lawmakers Extend Troop Deployment in Syria, Iraq
A Turkish soldier stands guard during a joint Russian-Turkish patrol in the town of Darbasiyah near the border with Turkey in Syria's northeastern Hasakah province in 2020.
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Turkey’s parliament voted Tuesday to extend the government’s mandate to send troops to Syria and Iraq for cross-border operations through the end of October 2023.
Earlier this month, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan vowed to clear U.S.-backed Kurdish militants that Turkey views as a mortal threat from border areas in Syria.