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Coalition Remains Open to Turkey’s Role in Raqqa Offensive - Spokesman

© AP Photo / Hadi MizbanCol. John Dorrian, right, a U.S. spokesman for the coalition, speaks during a press conference with Brig. Gen. Yahya Rasool, an Iraqi military spokesman in Baghdad, Iraq, Tuesday, April 11, 2017
Col. John Dorrian, right, a U.S. spokesman for the coalition, speaks during a press conference with Brig. Gen. Yahya Rasool, an Iraqi military spokesman in Baghdad, Iraq, Tuesday, April 11, 2017 - Sputnik International
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Operation Inherent Resolve Spokesperson Col. John Dorrian said that US-led coalition remains open to Turkey’s participation in the operation to liberate the Syrian city of Raqqa from the Daesh terror group.

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WASHINGTON (Sputnik) The US-led coalition remains open to Turkey’s participation in the operation to liberate the Syrian city of Raqqa from the Daesh terror group (banned in Russia), Operation Inherent Resolve Spokesperson Col. John Dorrian said in a briefing on Wednesday.

"We continue to talk to Turkey nearly every day and we continue to remain open for a possible role for them [in the Raqqa offensive]," Dorrian told reporters.

On April 1, Turkish presidential spokesman Ibrahim Kalin said Ankara presented to US President Donald Trump a plan for liberating Raqqa from the terrorists.

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