Trump claims Turkey’s Erdogan directed rebels behind ‘unfriendly takeover’ of Syria
December 16, 2024
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as posted by the channelPresident-elect Donald Trump on Monday claimed Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan was behind the rapid fall of Bashar al-Assad’s regime in Syria last week, as Israeli officials cautioned the US to keep a watchful eye on the Sunni authoritarian leader.
Speaking to reporters at his Mar-a-Lago resort, Trump declared that the “very smart” Erdogan directed the rebellion that led to the overthrow of Syria’s brutal Assad regime on Dec. 8, noting that the rebellion was “another way to fight.”
”Nobody knows who the other side is, but I do. You know it is Turkey, OK? Turkey is the one behind it,” he said. “And those people that went in are controlled by Turkey, and that’s OK.”
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