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WASHINGTON : US President Donald Trump said on Thursday there were no US troops in the area of operation launched by Turkish troops in northern Syria, and he was now watching the situation closely.
This came in two tweets on the "Twitter", in which he reminded that Turkey is a member of NATO "NATO".
Trump said Turkey had been planning the attack for some time.
"We don't have any soldiers anywhere near the area of attack," he said, stressing that what he is trying to do is "end the endless wars."
“I communicated with both parties. Some want us to send tens of thousands of troops to the region to start a new war. ”
Trump said: "Turkey is a member of NATO, others say stay out, and let (the Kurds) to fight their own battles even with our financial support."
"I said strike the Turkish economy financially and impose sanctions if they don't play by the rules," he said.
“I watch closely,” he concluded.
On Wednesday evening, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, the Turkish army, in cooperation with the Syrian National Army, announced the operation "spring of peace" in the area east of the Euphrates River in northern Syria, to clear it of Turkish units and "state".
Operation Spring Well aims to create a safe area for Syrian refugees to return to their country, within the framework of Turkey's rights under international law.
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