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handle is hein.crs/govbbjf0001 and id is 1 raw text is: Congressional ____ .Research Service hnforming the !egIsIative debate since 1914 - Turkish Incursion into Syria: U.S. Policy Implications October 11, 2019 On October 9, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan announced the start of Operation Peace Spring, which he stated would target both Kurdish and Islamic State (IS, aka ISIL/ISIS) fighters in northern Syria. Turkey then launched an air and ground assault against Kurdish forces. Turkey's foreign minister has stated that Turkish forces plan to go 18 miles into Syrian territory, and eventually to occupy a corridor along the border. The commander of the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) had stated that the SDF would resist, and fighting has escalated. The launch of the operation followed an October 6 call between President Donald Trump and Erdogan, after which the White House announced that Turkey would soon be moving forward with its long- planned operation into Northern Syria, and that U.S. forces would no longer be in the immediate area. Some Members of Congress then argued that a precipitous withdrawal of U.S. forces would benefit Russia, Iran, the Islamic State, and the Syrian regime. State Department and Pentagon officials subsequently emphasized that roughly 50 U.S. Special Forces personnel had been withdrawn from two outposts to more secure areas, and that the move did not signal a pullout of U.S. troops from Syria. On October 8, President Trump tweeted, We may be in the process of leaving Syria, but in no way have we Abandoned the Kurds. He warned that if Turkey took any unspecified steps that he considered off-limits, he would totally destroy and obliterate Turkey's economy, while also inviting Erdogan to Washington in mid-November. Following the start of Operation Peace Spring, President Trump stated, The United States does not endorse this attack and has made it clear to Turkey that this operation is a bad idea. Congressional Research Service https://crsreports.congress.gov IN11179 CRS INSIGHT Prepared for Members and Committees of Congress

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