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Turkey summons U.S. charge d'affaires over Syrian issue

Xinhua,January 11, 2018 Adjust font size:

ANKARA, Jan. 10 (Xinhua) -- The Turkish Foreign Ministry on Wednesday summoned Philip Kosnett, the U.S. embassy charge d'affaires, over the current situation in Syria, a source in the ministry said.

On Tuesday, the ministry also summoned the ambassadors of Russia and Iran to protest the Syria government's violations of de-escalation zone borders in Idlib.

Turkey has repeatedly criticized Washington over its support for the Syrian Kurdish People's Protection Units militia, which Ankara views as an extension of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party. Enditem