Turkey tells U.N. Security Council its Syria operation to be ‘proportionate’

By Michelle Nichols UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - Turkey told the United Nations Security Council on Wednesday that its military operation in northern Syria would be "proportionate, measured and responsible" ahead of a closed-door meeting of the 15-member body to discuss Ankara's offensive. The operation began on Wednesday to eliminate what Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan called a "terror corridor" on Turkey's southern border with Syria, just days after an abrupt decision by U.S. President Donald Trump to move U.S

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