Turkey`s Erdogan promises to clear Kurds from eastern Syria, setting him on collision course with U.S.
(LA Times Auto Racing)

Turkey will launch a military operation against U.S.-backed Kurdish fighters in northern Syria `within a matter of days,` President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Wednesday, threatening to upend an uneasy detente. That could put it on a collision course with Washington, which backs the Kurds with thousands...