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Aljazeera: Erdogan calls on Russia, US to pull troops out of Syria

Published Nov. 13, 2017 at 9:42 pm

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Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has suggested Russia and the US should pull their troops out of war-torn Syria after their leaders – Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump – said there was “no military solution” to the country’s long-running conflict.

“I am having trouble understanding these comments,” Erdogan was quoted by reporters as saying on November 13 before he flew out to Russia’s coastal city of Sochi for talks with Putin.