Turkey denounces US plans and promises to ’drown’ US-backed Syrian Kurdish force

Turkey’s president has denounced US plans to form a 30,000-strong Kurdish-led border security force in Syria, vowing to "drown this army of terror before it is born".

Turkey denounces US plans and promises to ’drown’ US-backed Syrian Kurdish force

Turkey’s president has denounced US plans to form a 30,000-strong Kurdish-led border security force in Syria, vowing to "drown this army of terror before it is born".

Russia and Syria have also rejected the idea.

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