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Turkish FM denies Trump claim of ‘unfriendly takeover’ by Turkiye in Syria

Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan [Al Jazeera]

Turkiye’s Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan has denied a claim by incoming United States President Donald Trump that the toppling of Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad was an “unfriendly takeover” by Turkiye.

In remarks apparently praising Ankara, Trump told a news conference earlier this week that Turkiye was “very smart” and had carried out “an unfriendly takeover without a lot of lives being lost” in Syria.

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