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Putin doubts Turkey's ability to defeat ‘terrorists’ in Syria
Russian President Vladimir Putin said that he doubts that Turkey will be able to contain Islamic State militants based in northern Syria as a result of its new military operation.
According to Putin, so far the areas with IS militants were controlled by Kurdish military formations. "Now the Turkish army is there, the Kurds are abandoning these camps, they [ISIS militants] can just run away. I am not sure whether the Turkish army will be able to take control of it, and how quickly," Putin said …