Turkey ‘completed preparations’ for military action in Syria, after Trump’s decision to pull back US troops

Turkey says it has “completed preparations” to launch military action in Northeast Syria, just a day after President Trump’s decision to pull back US troops from the border.

Mr Trump says it’s all part of his campaign promise to “end endless wars”, but politicians from his own Republican party have condemned the move as “sacrificing an American ally” – effectively abandoning Syrian Kurdish fighters to a Turkish onslaught.