Turkey has reacted with anger to the Pentagon's latest decision to supply new weapons to Kurdish forces - who Ankara view as terrorists. <br /><br />The Turkish President has vowed to take up the issue with Donald Trump when they meet next week. <br />Washington's latest moves seems to have further strained an already fragile relationship with Ankara.<br /><br />Coming just two weeks after the U.S. condemned Turkish airstrikes that killed Kurdish fighters in Syria and Iraq.<br /><br />But U.S. Defence Secretary, James Mattis, says America still wants co-operation on all fronts.<br /><br />And just today, a Kurdish militia - known as the YPG - released a response to the U.S. deployment. <br /><br />They called it a demonstration of confidence, saying it's - quote - a historic decision that will yield important results. <br /><br />We heard from a Middle-East expert who says the U.S. has more interests in the region than just fighting ISIL.<br /><br /><br />RT LIVE http://rt.com/on-air<br /><br />Subscribe to RT! http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=RussiaToday<br /><br />Like us on Facebook http://www.facebook.com/RTnews<br />Follow us on Twitter http://twitter.com/RT_com<br />Follow us on Instagram http://instagram.com/rt<br />Follow us on Google+ http://plus.google.com/+RT<br />Listen to us on Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/rttv<br /><br />RT (Russia Today) is a global news network broadcasting from Moscow and Washington studios. RT is the first news channel to break the 1 billion YouTube views benchmark.
