How Long Can US Mask Disagreements With Turkey?

For months the U.S. has sought to keep up appearances when it comes to relations with Turkey, striving to downplay disputes with Ankara and to mask discord. But a dispute over the best way to defeat the Islamic State terror group is exposing how much at cross-purposes the two countries are — risking longer-term harm to the U.S.-Turkish strategic alliance, say analysts. A major Kurdish-led ground campaign backed by Washington to seize a swath of territory in northern Syria from the...

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