Syria conflict: Turkey says US plea on Kurds 'unacceptable'

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Syria conflict: Turkey says US plea on Kurds 'unacceptable'

Turkey's president has strongly rejected US calls for his country to protect Kurdish fighters in Syria.

President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said such statements made by US National Security Adviser John Bolton at the weekend were "unacceptable".

Mr Bolton is in Turkey to seek guarantees that Kurds fighting Islamic State (IS) in northern Syria will be safe after a planned US pullout.

Continued at: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-46792329