US President Barack Obama floated the idea of joint action with Turkey to capture the Syrian city of Raqqa from ISIS, Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said in remarks published on Wednesday. Ankara would not object, Erdogan said.
Turkey launched an incursion into northern Syria last month with the stated aims of clearing ISIS from its border and preventing the Kurdish YPG militia expanding into new territory. Speaking to reporters on his plane back from the G20 summit in China on Monday, Erdogan said Turkey’s military was ready to join any offensive on Raqqa, ISIS's de facto capital.
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