Erdogan orders Turkish offensive against northern Syria as Kurds mobilize civilian defense
ISTANBUL —President Recep Tayyip Erdogan announced Wednesday that Turkey’s military has launched a long-expected offensive into northeastern Syria targeting U.S.-allied Syrian Kurdish fighters who have played a central role in battling the Islamic State militant group.
“The Turkish Armed Forces, together with the Syrian National Army, just launched #OperationPeaceSpring against PKK/YPG and Daesh terrorists in northern Syria,” Erdogan wrote on Twitter Wednesday afternoon, referring to the Syrian-Kurdish force as well as the Islamic State.
“Our mission is to prevent the creation of a terror corridor across our southern border, and to bring peace to the area,” he said. Turkish media outlets aired footage of warplanes leaving from an air base in Turkey’s southeast and large explosions in Tel Abyad and another Syrian border town.
The offensive has presented the Trump administration with a dilemma, because of the Syrian-Kurdish forces alliance with the United States.
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Oh please. You assholes didn't do anything to fight ISIS except allow refugees to travel through Turkey on the way to Europe.
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