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Opinion: Turkey should control it’s response to Syria to prevent further conflict with Middle East

Related Topics: Hulusi Akar, Lloyd Austin, Turkey, Syria

By Marc Ramsingh

On Wednesday, November 30th, the United States Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin spoke to the Turkish Minister of National Defense, Hulusi Akar, about the United States’ “strong opposition” to a potential Turkish invasion of northern Syria. According to The Department of Defense, Secretary Austin gave his condolences and expressed the importance of de-escalation in the area after a recent air strike hit close to US personnel working with Syrian locals in an anti-terrorism operation.

Turkey has been attacked a significant amount of times since the beginning of the Syrian civil war and it has grown tired.