Turkey's Erdogan defends Syria incursion after wave of criticism
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President Tayyip Erdogan defended Turkey’s incursion into Syria on Thursday after a wave of international criticism, saying the military operation would support Syria’s territorial integrity by confronting Kurdish control of the country’s northeast.