Turkey begins military offensive in Syria: Live updates

From CNN's Nick Paton Walsh on Turkey-Syria borderNow that Turkey has launched its offensive in northern Syria to clear the area of US-backed Kurdish forces, the key question is: just how extensive will the operation be?

Could it simply be symbolic, a moment to capitalize on the green light Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan feels he has from Washington? Or will we see a military intervention that unfolds gradually over the next weeks and months?A barrage of airstrikes and artillery fire could be heard volleyed into northern Syria Wednesday afternoon, perhaps a message to Kurdish fighters to allow Turkish convoys to proceed across the border.

This swathe of countryside is effectively the same area that incubated ISIS. And, without the US-backed Kurdish forces installed here, the risk of ISIS 2.0 is very real.Turkey has said it would take the ISIS fighters currently being guarded in jails by the Kurds into their custody, but that is a massive task to undertake while they're also carrying out this operation.

Almost all of the woes and ills we've seen in the last five to 10 years in the Middle East can somehow traced back to this Syrian border -- now it seems we are seeing that happen again.

USA nın son hediyesi 😀

Bombalamak için hazırlıklar tamam 😉

US retreated upon Turkey insisting it is coming over.

Wolves, not terorist ones cleared pkk pyd sdg daes BarisPinariHarekati

All turkish kurds should cross boader and help syrian kurds.

This is how America under Trump treats their ally. This is just despicable.

Donnie, you have just planted seeds from hell. The long term consequences will be devestating. But, Moscow Mitch & the rest dont care, u have your money & power

Please spend more time on covering this and what can be done immediately to avert the qworst scenarios.

This seems like a good storyline for a New Splinter Cell Game Ubisoft

War mongers

The murder of brave American allies is Trump's gift to Putin but moreso to his own personal back account. Trump earns $5mill a year from his Turkish properties. So, GOP, is your golden goose treasonous enough for you yet?!!!!

When is Congress going to call in this Administration to explain themselves?

WTF!!!! DO SOMETHING!! We cant have mass murdering of our allies. This is horrible SenateDems SenateGOP senatemajldr

Economic sanctions for turkey... US does not need to be militarily involved

Ardugan knew how to play woth Trump, he is using US F16 to fight Kurds in the ground, and the only thing we have got from Trump is “Kurds are great people and good fighter”.this is what we got from Trump

Surely one of the greatest betrayal in US history signed by realDonaldTrump

Trump betrayed the Kurds and destroyed America's reputation. The insanity of Trump's decision baffles everyone from the GOP to our allies in Europe. He is bending to the will of a want to be dictator yet ignores the fact ISIS now has room to rebuild and attack the Homeland.

Its very strange world now its ok for turkey to invade syria to protect its boarder and its not for saudi arabia to protect its boarder from iranian backed terrorist!!!!

Erdogan is better than ISIS, who swooped in when Obama drew down our troops and beheaded, raped, pillaged. We had 50 people there who we moved to safety.

. Zufall, Herr Trump?

He talks like ISIS members

CNN beatin those war drums! taxpayers, pony up your hard earned dollars. never mind your life, wife, kids, community. let’s send it to syria!

Hope the donkeys (turks) get a bloody nose 😀

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