Biden orders Syrian Kurds to pull back from across Euphrates - AP

U.S. Vice President Joe Biden is calling on Syrian Kurdish forces to move back across the Euphrates River, telling them they will lose U.S. support if they don’t, AP reported.

Speaking at a press conference in Ankara on Wednesday, Biden says Kurdish forces "must move back across the Euphrates River."

He says "they cannot - will not - under any circumstance get American support if they do not keep that commitment."

Biden indirectly expressed support for the Turkish operation launched Wednesday to clear ISIS terrorists from the town of Jarablus and deter Kurds from further expanding in northern Syria.

Turkish state media says Syrian opposition forces backed by Turkey have reached the "entrance" of Jarablus, which lies on the last main supply line between IS territory and the border.

The U.S.-backed Kurdish forces seized the border town of Manbij from ISIS terrorists earlier this month. Turkey said they had to retreat after clearing it from ISIS.