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October 13, 20190.47 The Turks knew of the American presence in northeastern Syria when they fired artillery shells. The attack may have been wanted. Some US officials report it to the Washington Post, raising the hypothesis that Turkey has voluntarily bombed near the American outpost with the likely goal of removing US troops from the border. Brett McGurk, the former special envoy of Obama and Trump in the campaign against ISIS, believes that the Turkish attack "was not a mistake".US, Turkish attack "was not a mistake"
2019-10-12T23:07:17.654Z
0.47 The Turks knew of the American presence in northeastern Syria when they fired artillery shells. The attack may have been wanted. Some US officials report it to the Washington Post, raising the hypothesis that Turkey has voluntarily bombed near the American outpost with the likely goal of removing US troops from the border. Brett McGurk, the former special envoy of Obama and Trump in the campaign against ISIS, believes that the Turkish attack "was not a mistake".
Source: rainews