{"id":39312,"date":"2019-09-01T17:51:42","date_gmt":"2019-09-01T17:51:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/smg.go-vip.net\/armytimes\/uncategorized\/2019\/09\/01\/turkish-president-vows-syria-operation-if-us-falls-short-in-safe-zone\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T07:17:02","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T07:17:02","slug":"turkish-president-vows-syria-operation-if-us-falls-short-in-safe-zone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/armytimes\/flashpoints\/2019\/09\/01\/turkish-president-vows-syria-operation-if-us-falls-short-in-safe-zone\/","title":{"rendered":"Turkish president vows Syria operation if US falls short in safe zone"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">ISTANBUL \u2014 Turkey\u2019s president threatened Saturday to launch a unilateral offensive into northeastern Syria if plans to establish a so-called safe zone along Turkey\u2019s border fail to meet his expectations, including a demand that Turkish soldiers control the corridor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Speaking to graduates of a military academy in Istanbul, Recep Tayyip Erdogan said the U.S. had up to three weeks to satisfy Turkish demands.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Earlier in August, Turkish and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/pentagon-congress\/2019\/08\/25\/work-begins-on-syria-safe-zone-to-separate-turkey-and-us-allied-kurdish-forces\/\" target=_blank>U.S. officials agreed to set up the zone <\/a>east of the Euphrates River. Ankara wants U.S.-backed Syrian Kurdish fighters, considered terrorists by Turkey, to pull back from the border.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;If our soldiers do not start to control the area actively, we will have no choice but to activate our own operational plans,&#8221; Erdogan said.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/flashpoints\/2019\/08\/27\/us-backed-syrian-kurds-begin-pullout-near-turkish-border-as-part-of-safe-zone-deal\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/GettyImages-1161809334.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">US-backed Syrian Kurds begin pullout near Turkish border as part of \u2018safe zone\u2019 deal<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">The main U.S.-backed Syrian Kurdish militia has begun withdrawing its fighters from two towns near Turkey\u2019s border, part of a deal for a so-called safe zone in northeastern Syria involving the U.S. and Turkey, the Kurdish-led regional administration in northern Syria said Tuesday.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Turkey has been pressing to control \u2014 in coordination with the U.S. \u2014 a 19-25 mile (30-40 kilometer) deep zone within civil war-ravaged Syria, running east of the Euphrates all the way to the border with Iraq.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1500\" height=\"1060\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP19243632522704.jpg.jpg\" alt=\"Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, arrives to deliver a speech to graduates of a military academy in Istanbul, Saturday, Aug. 31, 2019.\" class=\"wp-image-75241\" srcset=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP19243632522704.jpg.jpg 1500w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP19243632522704.jpg.jpg?resize=300,212 300w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP19243632522704.jpg.jpg?resize=768,543 768w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP19243632522704.jpg.jpg?resize=1024,724 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1500px) 100vw, 1500px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Turkey&#8217;s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, arrives to deliver a speech to graduates of a military academy in Istanbul, Saturday, Aug. 31, 2019. (Presidential Press Service via AP, Pool)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On Friday, Erdogan said Turkish officials had \u201ctemporarily\u201d agreed to a safe zone proposed by the U.S. that is narrower than 20 miles (32 kilometers).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The two countries set up a joint operations center in Turkey&#8217;s border province of Sanliurfa this month and started helicopter patrols. But Turkish officials have repeatedly vowed to go it alone if the U.S. delays safe zone plans.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/news\/2019\/08\/06\/esper-us-intends-to-prevent-turkey-invasion-into-syria\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/GettyImages-1131695840.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">Esper: US intends to prevent Turkey invasion into Syria<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">U.S. Defense Secretary Mark Esper said Tuesday that the U.S. intends to prevent any unilateral invasion by Turkey into northern Syria, saying any such move by the Turks would be unacceptable.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Turkey sees the Syrian Kurdish fighters, who make up the majority of the Syrian Democratic Forces, as an extension of a Kurdish insurgency within Turkey. 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