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ERBIL, Kurdistan Region - United States Acting Under Secretary of State John Bass said on Friday that some groups may be using the American presence in northern Syria to carry out activities against its NATO ally Turkey.

Turkey's foreign minister accused France of ignoring Ankara's security concerns, adding that the US was their 'only counterpart' in Syria.

Turkey on Friday accused France of ignoring Ankara's security concerns in Syria by not repatriating French jihadists but leaving them to be guarded by a group Ankara views as a terror threat.

Either Damascus takes action to address the presence of the PKK/YPG in Syria or Ankara will, Türkiye’s top diplomat says, stressing that Washington

Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan highlighted that the new Syrian administration should address Kurdish militants, but Ankara would not hesitate to act against them if necessary. He acknowledged Russia's strategic decision not to support Assad and anticipated no issues with the U.

The top Turkish diplomat said Turkey is prepared to take control of the Islamic State detainee camps as he downplayed Israeli support for the Syrian Democratic Forces.

Turkey is working to ensure that Syria's transformation over the last month will not bring new instabilities to the region, President Tayyip Erdogan told the Iraqi Kurdish prime minister, Erdogan's office said on Tuesday.

ISTANBUL/ANKARA (Reuters) - Talks aimed at ending a 40-year-old militant conflict have fostered peace hopes in Turkey but the precarious situation of Kurdish forces in Syria and uncertainty about Ankara's intentions have left many Kurds anxious about the path ahead.

Saudi Arabia and others are overlooking the new leadership’s jihadist past, hoping to gain an advantage on rivals in the strategically positioned country.

Washington is Turkey's only interlocutor for developments in northeastern Syria, Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan said Friday as Ankara warned it could take military action against Kurdish fighters in the area.