{"id":67466,"date":"2022-05-29T14:33:01","date_gmt":"2022-05-29T14:33:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/armytimes\/uncategorized\/2022\/05\/29\/erdogan-turkeys-syria-operation-could-happen-suddenly\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T12:40:35","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T12:40:35","slug":"erdogan-turkeys-syria-operation-could-happen-suddenly","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/armytimes\/news\/2022\/05\/29\/erdogan-turkeys-syria-operation-could-happen-suddenly\/","title":{"rendered":"Erdogan: Turkey\u2019s Syria operation could happen \u2018suddenly\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">ISTANBUL (AP) \u2014 Turkey\u2019s president told journalists that Ankara remains committed to rooting out a Syrian Kurdish militia from northern Syria.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cLike I always say, we\u2019ll come down on them suddenly one night. And we must,\u201d Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on his plane following his Saturday visit to Azerbaijan, according to daily Hurriyet newspaper and other media.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Without giving a specific timeline, Erdogan said that Turkey would launch a cross-border operation against the Syrian Kurdish People\u2019s Protection Units, or YPG, which it considers a terrorist group linked to an outlawed Kurdish group that has led an insurgency against Turkey since 1984. That conflict with the Kurdistan Workers\u2019 Party, PKK, has killed tens of thousands of people.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">However, the YPG forms the backbone of U.S.-led forces in the fight against the Islamic State group. American support for the group has infuriated Ankara and remains a major issue in their relations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Turkey considers the PKK and the YPG to be one and the same. The YPG and its affiliated political party have controlled much of northeastern Syria after the forces of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad withdrew in 2012.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cAll coalition forces, leading with the U.S., have provided these terror groups a serious amount of weapons, vehicles, tools, ammunition and they continue to do so. The U.S. has given them thousands of trucks,\u201d Erdogan said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"3060\" height=\"2008\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP22148577090065.jpg.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-100352\" srcset=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP22148577090065.jpg.jpg 3060w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP22148577090065.jpg.jpg?resize=300,197 300w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP22148577090065.jpg.jpg?resize=768,504 768w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP22148577090065.jpg.jpg?resize=1024,672 1024w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP22148577090065.jpg.jpg?resize=1536,1008 1536w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP22148577090065.jpg.jpg?resize=2048,1344 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 3060px) 100vw, 3060px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Turkey&#8217;s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan speaks at a Turkish Technology and Aviation festival, held abroad for the first time, in Baku, Azerbaijan, Saturday, May 28, 2022. Azerbaijan&#8217;s President Ilham Aliyev also attended the festival to address the public.  (Turkish Presidency via AP)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He warned that Turkey wouldn\u2019t need anyone\u2019s permission to fight terror.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIf the U.S. is not fulfilling its duty in combating terror, what will we do? We will take care of ourselves,\u201d he declared.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">While acknowledging Turkey\u2019s security concerns, U.S. State Department spokesman Ned Price has voiced concerns about Turkey\u2019s plans, saying a new offensive could undermine regional stability and put American forces at risk.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ankara has launched four cross-border operations into Syria since 2016 and controls some territories in the north with the goal of pushing away the YPG and establishing a 30-kilometer (19-mile) deep safe zone where Erdogan hopes to \u201cvoluntarily\u201d return Syrian refugees.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In 2019, an incursion into northeast Syria against the YPG drew widespread international condemnation, prompting Finland, Sweden and others to restrict arms sales to Turkey. Now Turkey is blocking the two Nordic countries\u2019 historic bid to join NATO because of the weapons ban and their alleged support for the Kurdish groups.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Turkey has stepped up military operations against the PKK in northern Iraq, where they are based. The PKK is considered a terror group by Turkey, the U.S. and the European Union.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cJust as we are conducting operations in northern Iraq against the PKK and PKK\u2019s offspring, the same situation applies even more to Syria and is much more important,\u201d Erdogan said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The YPG, which Turkey considers a terrorist group, forms the backbone of U.S.-led forces in the fight against the Islamic State 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