Tensions rise between Turkey and U.S. over Syria

ISTANBUL— Tensions rose Saturday along the Turkish-Syrian border as both Turkey and the U.S. moved armoured vehicles to the region and Turkey’s leader once again demanded the United States stop supporting the Syrian Kurdish militants there.

The relocation of Turkish troops to an area near the border with Syria comes a day after U.S. troops were seen patrolling the tense border in Syria. Those patrols followed a Turkish airstrike against bases of Syrian Kurdish militia, Washington’s main ally in combating Daesh militants in Syria.

More U.S. troops were seen Saturday in armoured vehicles in Kurdish areas of Syria. Kurdish officials describe U.S. troops as being a “buffer” between them and Turkey.