Middle East

Turkish Military Clashes With Syrian Opposition Groups

The United States has directly spoken to Turkish officials urging them to avoid military engagement with US-allied Kurdish forces in Syria, US Secretary of Defense Ashton Carter said in a press conference on Monday. "We have called upon Turkey to… stay focused on the fight against ISIL [Daesh] and not to engage Syrian Defense Forces," Carter stated. US officials have called on both sides "not to engage one another," following the joint US-Turkish recapture of the Syrian border town of Jarabulus, Carter added.