The administration of US President Donald Trump is considering making a series of “adjustments” to its strategy in Syria, which Turkish officials say might include an end to arming Kurdish fighters in the Arab country.
The White House on Friday stirred speculation in a cryptic statement about an earlier phone conversation between Trump and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.
“Consistent with our previous policy, President Trump also informed President Erdogan of pending adjustments to the military support provided to our partners on the ground in Syria, now that the battle of Raqqah is complete and we are progressing into a stabilization phase to ensure that ISIS cannot return,” the White House statement said, referring to the recent liberation of the Syrian city that had served as the Daesh terrorist group’s de facto capital.
Later in the day, Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu told reporters that the American head of…