Turkiye’s Erdogan hints at new Syria operation ‘when the time is right’

Turkiye’s President, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, has indicated that the country could soon launch another military operation against Kurdish militants in Syria, amid Ankara’s ongoing efforts to counter them in the region with the help of local states. Following a government meeting this week, President Erdogan stated in a speech that Turkiye “will complete its work in Syria when the time is right”, and that it will finish the operations it began which were “left incomplete due to the promises made and broken by our allies”. The allies he referred to likely meant the United States and other Western nations supporting Kurdish militants allegedly linked to the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) in Syria, and their “promises” refer to the past guarantees […]