President Trump said the U.S. wasn’t abandoning Kurdish fighters in northern Syria amid blowback from lawmakers over his decision to withdraw American troops from the area ahead of a planned military incursion by Turkey. In tweets on Tuesday, the president also said he would host Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Nov. 13. The announcement came after many Republican and Democratic lawmakers said they disapproved of the president’s Syria decision and floated ideas to punish Turkey if it goes ahead with its operation....

Source: Wall Street Journal October 08, 2019 15:41 UTC