US officials warn of ‘imminent’ threat of new Turkiye military incursion into Syria

The United States is concerned about a reported threat of a Turkish military incursion against the Kurdish militias in northern and north-eastern Syria, American officials have revealed. According to a report by the Wall Street Journal today, unnamed US officials have warned that Washington is increasingly concerned that Turkiye and its allied militias in northern Syria – predominantly under the umbrella of the Syrian National Army (SNA) – are preparing for a large-scale military incursion into Syrian territory controlled by US-backed Kurdish Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF). Citing a reported significant Turkish military build-up and presence – including the deployment of uniformed Turkish commandos, artillery units and allied militias to strategic positions along the border – near the town of Kobani, […]