Jan. 26, 2018, 8:15 p.m.

Turkey's Erdogan says military operation to make big sweep east across Syria

ANKARA/BEIRUT (Reuters) - President Tayyip Erdogan said on Friday Turkish forces would sweep Kurdish fighters from the Syrian border and could push all the way east to the frontier with Iraq -- a move which risks a possible confrontation with U.S. forces allied to the Kurds.