Ahead of offensive, Turkey says it strikes Syria-Iraq border

By Orhan Coskun and Daren Butler ANKARA/ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Turkey's military struck the Syrian-Iraqi border to prevent Kurdish forces using the route to reinforce northeast Syria, as Ankara prepared to attack following a surprise U.S. troop pullback, Turkish officials told Reuters on Tuesday. Turkey says it is ready to advance into northeast Syria now that the United States has begun withdrawing troops from the Turkey-Syria frontier in an abrupt policy shift by U.S

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