Erdogan tests Trump with attack on Syrian Kurds
US-Turkey relations sink further following airstrikes; Russia’s expanding military presence in Syria.
![MIDEAST-CRISIS/TURKEY-IRAQ A helicopter carrying U.S. military officials arrive at the headquarters of the Kurdish fighters from the People's Protection Units (YPG) that was hit by Turkish airstrikes in Mount Karachok near Malikiya, Syria April 25, 2017. REUTERS/Rodi Said - RTS13T7T](/sites/default/files/styles/article_hero_medium/public/almpics/2017/04/RTS13T7T.jpg/RTS13T7T.jpg?h=f7822858&itok=9PRVWBqK)
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