Turkey calls for US understanding ahead of possible Syria invasion

Turkish Defense Minister Hulusi Akar called on the US on Thursday to show understanding over a possible new Turkish invasion in Syria, after Washington voiced its “strong opposition” to such a move.

Turkey has been threatening a new incursion into northern Syria for months, and stepped up preparations last month after a deadly bomb attack in Istanbul it blamed on a Kurdish militants.

“The US asked us to re-evaluate. We conveyed to them our sensitivities and thoughts, and asked them to keep their promises. We emphasized that they should understand us,” Akar told reporters.