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Kurds strike deal to get Syrian help fighting Turkey, as hundreds escape in Islamic State prison break and Donald Trump pulls troops back
by KapteinB

    As Turkish forces pressed their offensive, the Kurds said Syrian government forces had agreed to help them fend off Turkey's invasion — a major shift in alliances that came after President Donald Trump ordered all US troops withdrawn from the northern border area amid the rapidly deepening chaos.

    The shift could lead to clashes between Turkey and Syria and raises the spectre of a resurgent Islamic State group as the US relinquishes any remaining influence in northern Syria to President Bashar al-Assad and his chief backer, Russia.