The end of the major military operation against the Islamic State does not mean that the US and its allies have achieved a permanent victory over the extremists, US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said today in Kuwait, reports Tanjug.
Tillerson, speaking at a meeting on the global coalition against the Islamic State, said that the US has decided to provide an additional $200 million in aid to stabilize the liberated territories in Syria, Reuters reported.
The administration of US President Donald Trump is asking the partners from the coalition, made up of 74 countries with the aim of destroying Islamic extremists, to make efforts and overcome mutual rivalry and concentrate on the main task - defeating the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria, the AP agency reported.
Hostilities between Iran and Syria, on the one hand, and Israel on the other, threaten to create a new conflict in Syria, where there are already too many warring parties, according to AP.
The civil war has been going on in Syria for seven years, and Turkey has opened a front in the Syrian region of Afrin, which is under the control of the Kurds, which is supported by the US.
Because of this, the tension between NATO members - USA and Turkey increased.
For this reason, Tillerson will travel to Ankara on Friday, after visiting Jordan and Lebanon.
Turkish Foreign Minister Melvut Çavuşoğlu assessed on Monday that relations between Turkey and the US are at a "critical stage".
Ankara is furious over Washington's support for the Kurdish People's Protection Units (YPG), which Turkey views as terrorists linked to Kurdish rebels in Turkey.
Because of this, an unnamed American official said that "difficult" talks are expected in Ankara, the American agency stated.
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