Trump Phones Erdogan as Turkish-Linked Jihadis Behead and Massacre Kurds in Syria

President Donald Trump discussed the conflict in northeastern Syria with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan during a phone call on Tuesday.

The Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) has been fighting with forces loyal to Syria’s interim president Ahmed al-Sharaa and the Kurds have accused Sharaa’s troops of using extreme brutality to seize control of territory that has long been held by the semi-autonomous SDF.

Turkey borders on the conflict zone and, while both Turkey and the U.S. are supportive of Sharaa’s government in Damascus, Turkey is exceptionally hostile to the Kurds. The SDF was a vital U.S. ally during the war on the Islamic State, but Turkey views all armed Kurdish groups in Syria as a security threat, accusing them of being