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Turkish strikes on US Kurd allies resonate in Ukraine war

FILE - President Joe Biden, right, meets with Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, left, during the NATO summit in Madrid, June 29, 2022. Biden administration officials are toughening their language toward NATO ally Turkey as they try to talk Turkish President Recep Erdogan out of launching a bloody and destabilizing ground offensive against American-allied Kurdish forces in neighboring Syria. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)

FILE - Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, left, walks with U.S. President Joe Biden during the G20 leaders' summit in Nusa Dua, Bali, Indonesia, Nov. 15, 2022. Biden administration officials are toughening their language toward NATO ally Turkey as they try to talk Turkish President Recep Erdogan out of launching a bloody and destabilizing ground offensive against American-allied Kurdish forces in neighboring Syria. (Made Nagi/Pool Photo via AP)

FILE - American soldiers patrol near prison that was attacked on Jan. 20 by the Islamic State militants in Hassakeh, Syria, Feb. 8, 2022. U.S. forces have stopped joint military patrols in northern Syria to counter Islamic State extremists, as Turkish threats of a ground invasion stymie those missions with Kurdish forces. (AP Photo/Baderkhan Ahmad, File)

Turkish strikes on US Kurd allies resonate in Ukraine war