BEIRUT — The Latest on Turkey’s invasion of northeastern Syria in a military operation against Syrian Kurdish fighters there :The White House is putting Turkey on notice that it could face new “powerful sanctions” and that the U.S. will “shut down the Turkish economy” if Ankara goes too far in its incursion against the Kurds in northern Syria.
Nusaybin is across the border from Ras al-Ayn, which is part of northeastern Syria controlled by the People’s Protection Units, or YPG. Turkey launched an offensive against the group, which it says is linked to an outlawed Kurdish insurgency at home, saying it will not allow any territorial area near its border to be run by Kurdish forces.
The ministry said in a statement Friday the soldiers died following a mortar attack on a Turkish base by Syrian Kurdish People’s Protection Units, or YPG. The explosions came amid fears that Islamic State sleeper cells could exploit the Turkish offensive in the area to expand their operations. Fuat Oktay told TRT World television in an interview aired Friday that the Turkish forces entered northeast Syria from the Tal Abyad and Ras al-Ayn regions. They advanced 8 kilometers deep into Tal Abyad and 4 kilometers into Ras al-Ayn, he said.Oktay repeated that the aim of the Turkish offensive was to prevent “a corridor of terror” along the Turkish-Syrian border and to create a “safe area” for the return of Syrian refugees.
Video images showed five armored personnel carriers moving from the western countryside of Ein Issa in the direction of Tal Abyad on Friday. Turkey’s official Anadolu news agency said four Turkey-backed Syrian opposition fighters died Thursday in an ambush near Tal Abyad. Anadolu Agency said the latest assault targeted the town of Suruc on Friday, while officials said a child in the town of Ceylanpinar died of his wounds late Thursday. The fatalities increased the death toll of civilians killed in mortar attacks on Turkish border towns to nine.
Turkey’s police force has previously said the investigations were under the charge of “terror propaganda.” Similar measures were taken during Turkey’s 2018 cross-border operation in Afrin in northwestern Syria, which was previously controlled by the YPG. “Those who even refrain from repatriating their own citizens who are foreign terrorist fighters in the ranks of , do not have the right to lecture Turkey on the fight against ,” the statement read.Syrian Kurdish officials say their security agencies have contained an apparent escape attempt at a sprawling camp in northeastern Syria, home to thousands of family members of Islamic State militants.
Too Late
Lidicelewis So please do something to help the KURDS!
Yeah right who are you kidding
Ewwwwwww ... tough. lol lol lol
You have no power. You aren’t all that important to Turkey. Get on your knees trump and just listen for the sound of a zipper. Then get to work. Your masters are pleased with you. You are a good little treasoner.
You sea now I believe a European army makes sense. eucopresident when do we get one? We need to counter the machinations off RTErdogan Putin and realDonaldTrump NOW
This is trouble. With realDonaldTrump nothing will happen; he hates blood, even that of others. That will leave Kurds at mercy of genocidal maniacs. Nobody will trust US again. Israel better be warned, they’re next under Trump’s bus.
erdogan is shaking is his boots.
Can we just stop the winning please. I'm tired of winning already.
Did I spell rhetoric correctly?
except we blocked a UN resolution condemning the attack and have not said anything about Turkeys threats to push Syrian refugees to Europe.
Kurds including KIDS have been killed&families destroyed because of our Pres' decision. Nothing congress does now can bring them back or restore our allies faith. No doubt some special forces will suffer ptsd as a result of having to back down from helping those who helped them.
Bullshit. Trump has no interest in stopping the slaughter of our allies.
Oh no!! Not sanctions!!!!!!
Once the corrupt realDonaldTrump administration is in jail there will be sanctions to pay.
Sure they will.
Erdogan is a blackmailer !
Beautiful, perfect sanctions. Many people are saying, as you know. foh
Wouldn’t this make more sense if PresidentTrump did this before lives were lost? The people who died do not care if sanctions are put on Turkey.
It means nothing!
Wrong definiton. Not 'Kurdish Fighters' but terrorist bastards created to serve imperialism. If you have 'very powerful' sanctions to Turkey in your agenda do not bother yourself to find an excuse. Be brave and say Turkey is enemy of imperialism and this contradicts my interests.
'Erdogan: Try me ? ' 😝
Could. Will not.
Don't Burk,do something quickly Donald Trump's boy's,Erdogan is out 2help10000+ dreaded ISIS killer's 2flee from Jail's in Allah's name.
I don't think Trump is serious about trying to stop Turkey. He may finally be a little concerned about the rebuke he is getting from Republicans & thinks that these fake moves will convince them that he is doing the right thing.
So, the Turks are doing what Trump said was OK to do. Maybe he changed his mind? Hah
Has.....r
Funny been watxhing MSNBC cnnbrk and they have folks saying trump started this thing in Syria. Yet not one talking head has asked how. Can some actually explain how he started this.
Turkey don’t care, they don’t need money from us, they have China as sugar daddy
You do know that in the face of what our president has done nobody in the world will believe anything the United States says. Donald Trump has destroyed 50 years of work I hope you're very proud of yourselves Republicans
Its on Trump
Can we just stop with equating 'trump's' idiotic ramblings with the US. Thanks.
Nod nod wink wink 😉😉
Don't wonder We can fight all terrorists PKK YPG DAES, no difference
US should stop exploiting oil in syria
Was just reported than some prisoners escaped.
Empty threats from President Trump talking about obliterating the Turkish economy and imposing “very powerful” sanctions. If he did not withdraw US troops and abandon/betray our Kurdish allies, there would’ve been no Turkish invasion plain and simple. It’s his fault
Even if the sanctions are put into effect I don't think we will wreck the Turkish economy & this will not stop them. It will take diplomacy to eventually put an end to this humanitarian crisis.
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan falling off a horse YEARS AGO was a sign he SHOULD NOT push or test Fate. Crossing into Syria to get Kurdish forces is foolish and ill conceived as falling off a horse
Trump lies realDonaldTrump
'could face'
And if you believe that I have some land to sell you. Slight drainage problem but not to worry. SMDH
MichaelSSmithII A threat is no action, & no action equals complicity--WH has blood on their hands.
It’s a joke, a PR sham. TRUMP won’t do it because he was the one responsible for the Genocide. Threats are as empty
The most important part of this tweet isn’t the article, it’s the word *could*. That’s like me saying, “I COULD go to the gym this aft” or “I COULD light myself on fire” or “I COULD become an astronaut” All remotely possible but VERY VERY improbable. Just like US sanctions
JUST DO IT !!!!!
This could have been avoided had we not cleared the way for the invasion.
SURE .....
🤦🏻♀️We’re supposed to actually believe this insanity. Creating an avenue for genocide & then pretending to be shocked & threatening sanctions against Turkey.🤬
Oooooh!! That will show them
Ok
I’m sure the dead civilians will be thrilled to hear
Doubtful they will ever enforce sanctions. This is just Trumps way of covering his a$$. The GOP knows this. They are covering theirs for not finally getting rid of the Orange Hitler.
Trumps wink wink at Erdogan.......
Oh NO
I’m sure they’re quaking in their boots🙄
Tell it to the dumbfucks that trump feeds on a daily basis...this is bs
As if the US didn't make an agreement (as one NATO country to the other) for Turkey to do exactly what it's doing. The misfortune for the Kurds is they backed the wrong country, thinking the US would stand by them.
Crazy talk....
Nobody gives fu”” about the US
Fire and fury 2.0. WWE heels and faces shtick.
Please do something about Kashmir as well thanks..
Let’s make the Turks attend a Trump rally. That will be cruel enough.
They are killing children and causing ISIS prisoners to be released right now. What's the hold up (other than Trump is in cahoots with them).
Once again, it seems the arsonist is threatening to send in firetrucks.
What bullshit. But never mind.
US brought the situation here and these sanctions will have no effect other than triggering US opposition in Turkey.
Oh please....
Follow the money....
What a facade!
Ewwwwwww, sanctions! Will they come with a tersely worded letter?
Serious consequences if any sanctions: US will loose strategic military bases in Turkey Any plan to destroy Iran would have to postpone for 50 years Russia will have greater influence in the area Israel's security will be in serious Jeopardy US will loose strategic ally
Oh that'll stop the bombing and shelling I'm sure. 🙄
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