Daily Memo: Turkey Calls for US Withdrawal, ECB Raises Rates

It's the first time the European Central Bank has hiked interest rates since 2011.

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Turkey in Syria. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan again called on the U.S. to immediately pull out its troops from east of the Euphrates River in northern Syria and withdraw its support of Kurdish groups there. He made the comments ahead of a meeting on Thursday of Turkey’s National Security Council. Ankara has said it […]

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