Turkey-Kurd Tension in Syria War a ‘Train Wreck,’ McCain Warns
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Senator John McCain, a Republican from Arizona, speaks during a hearing on the U.S. military strategy in the Middle East on Oct. 27, 2015, in Washington.
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Senator John McCain warned of a looming “train wreck” over tensions between Turkey and Kurdish factions as the war against Islamic State moves toward the terrorist group’s stronghold in Syria.
Turkey and the Kurds may end up fighting each other instead of working together with the U.S. to capture Islamic State’s Syrian base of Raqqa, McCain, the chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee, said Thursday as the panel heard testimony from the top U.S. commander in the Middle East.