Erdogan said Russia and the USA had been informed
YPG
McGurk warns that Turkey could launch an incursion into northeast Syria similar to the one it carried out in January 2018 in Afrin
Turkey is furious that the United States is continuing its partnership with the YPG
Turkey wants a 32-kilometer buffer zone along its southern border with Syria to push back the Kurds
The Turkish forces attacked YPG units as they claim they were first fired upon first
Ankara’s aim is to crush Kurdish separatism but Russia wants Assad to reassert control
"Bolton has made a serious mistake and whoever thinks like this has also made a mistake"
But Pompeo said the United States still had “real concerns” with Erdogan, including on detentions of US citizens
Erdogan promises to finish America's fight against the Islamic State, but it's the Kurds that he's out to destroy
Kurdish YPG urged earlier today Damascus to take control over Manbij amid Turkish threat