**The United States on Tuesday warned Turkey against launching a new military operation in northern Syria, saying the uneasy NATO ally would be putting US troops at risk.**
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Monday that Turkey would soon launch a new military operation into northern Syria to create a 30-kilometer (19-mile) “security zone” along the border.
“We are deeply concerned about reports and discussions of potential increased military activity in northern Syria and, in particular, its impact on the civilian population,” State Department spokesman Ned Price told reporters.
“We condemn any escalation. We support maintenance of the current cease-fire lines,” he said.
Turkey has launched three offensives into Syria since 2016 aimed at crushing Syrian Kurdish fighters who assisted the US-led campaign against the Islamic State group, also known as ISIS.
The so-called People’s Protection Units are considered “terrorists” by Turkey, which sees them as part of the banned PKK separatist movement at home.
Turkey ordered the last incursion in October 2019 when then US president Donald Trump, following talks with Erdogan, said that US troops had accomplished their mission in Syria and would withdraw.
Amid a backlash even from some of Trump’s allies, then US vice president Mike Pence flew to Turkey and reached an agreement with Erdogan that called for a pause in fighting.
“We expect Turkey to live up to the October 2019 joint statement, including to halt offensive operations in northeast Syria,” Price said.
“We recognize Turkey’s legitimate security concerns on Turkey’s southern border. But any new offensive would further undermine regional stability and put at risk US forces in the coalition’s campaign against ISIS,” Price said.
Is this like the warning to the UK, where they won’t give the UK a trade agreement, if htey don’t shut up about the NI agreement, knowing full well, they’ll never give us an agreement anyway?
I take it’ll be “No F35’s for you”, knowing they’ll never give them to Turkey anyway.
Oddly, the UK is helping Turkey out on its own Jet, to the expense of the US and it’s lack of Jets for turkey.
nah bozo we going IN
“Don’t tell anyone that I let you do this. “
NATO 🤠
We should just get out of Syria anyway and Turkey can do what it wants if they want to deal with the headaches. It’s just another one of those pointless conflicts we drag on with no real gains or realistic end in sight.
Let’s get out and focus more on Ukraine. We could even give Turkey a greenlight in exchange for dropping their veto of Sweden and Finland.
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**The United States on Tuesday warned Turkey against launching a new military operation in northern Syria, saying the uneasy NATO ally would be putting US troops at risk.**
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Monday that Turkey would soon launch a new military operation into northern Syria to create a 30-kilometer (19-mile) “security zone” along the border.
“We are deeply concerned about reports and discussions of potential increased military activity in northern Syria and, in particular, its impact on the civilian population,” State Department spokesman Ned Price told reporters.
“We condemn any escalation. We support maintenance of the current cease-fire lines,” he said.
Turkey has launched three offensives into Syria since 2016 aimed at crushing Syrian Kurdish fighters who assisted the US-led campaign against the Islamic State group, also known as ISIS.
The so-called People’s Protection Units are considered “terrorists” by Turkey, which sees them as part of the banned PKK separatist movement at home.
Turkey ordered the last incursion in October 2019 when then US president Donald Trump, following talks with Erdogan, said that US troops had accomplished their mission in Syria and would withdraw.
Amid a backlash even from some of Trump’s allies, then US vice president Mike Pence flew to Turkey and reached an agreement with Erdogan that called for a pause in fighting.
“We expect Turkey to live up to the October 2019 joint statement, including to halt offensive operations in northeast Syria,” Price said.
“We recognize Turkey’s legitimate security concerns on Turkey’s southern border. But any new offensive would further undermine regional stability and put at risk US forces in the coalition’s campaign against ISIS,” Price said.
Is this like the warning to the UK, where they won’t give the UK a trade agreement, if htey don’t shut up about the NI agreement, knowing full well, they’ll never give us an agreement anyway?
I take it’ll be “No F35’s for you”, knowing they’ll never give them to Turkey anyway.
Oddly, the UK is helping Turkey out on its own Jet, to the expense of the US and it’s lack of Jets for turkey.
nah bozo we going IN
“Don’t tell anyone that I let you do this. “
NATO 🤠
We should just get out of Syria anyway and Turkey can do what it wants if they want to deal with the headaches. It’s just another one of those pointless conflicts we drag on with no real gains or realistic end in sight.
Let’s get out and focus more on Ukraine. We could even give Turkey a greenlight in exchange for dropping their veto of Sweden and Finland.