ANKARA (Reuters) - Turkey criticised the United States on Thursday for treating the commander of the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) as a "legitimate political figure," underlining continued tensions with Washington despite the end of its offensive in Syria.
Republican and Democratic U.S. senators urged the State Department on Wednesday to quickly provide a visa to the commander, General Mazloum Kobani, so he can visit the United States to discuss the situation in Syria.
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