FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Donald Trump and Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan shake hands during a joint news conference at the White House in Washington, November 13, 2019. REUTERS/Tom Brenner/File Photo
ANKARA (Reuters) - Turkey said on Thursday it would deport an American suspected Islamic State fighter to the United States after he was refused entry to Greece, and sent eight people with links to the group to Germany and Britain.
NATO allies of Turkey in Europe have been worried that Turkey's offensive last month into a Syrian border area could lead to Islamic State suspects and their families escaping from prisons and camps run by Kurdish forces. Ankara has dismissed the concerns.
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