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Turkey Edges Toward Syria Incursion as Erdogan Meets Army

US Bradley Fighting Vehicles patrol the Kurdish-majority city of Qamishli in Syria's northeastern Hasakeh province. — US Bradley Fighting Vehicles patrol the Kurdish-majority city of Qamishli in Syria's northeastern Hasakeh province.
Photographer: Delil Souleiman/AFP.Getty Images

By

Selcan Hacaoglu

May 26, 2022, 7:32 AM UTCUpdated onMay 26, 2022, 6:00 PM UTC

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Turkey signaled it’s near a fresh incursion into Syria against Kurdish forces backed by the US after President Recep Tayyip Erdogan chaired a four-hour meeting with top generals on Thursday.