Turkey said on Saturday it would launch a military operation in northeastern Syria after Washington accused it of not doing enough to keep Syrian Kurdish militants out of the Turkish border, while the SDF vowed it would not hesitate to divert any unjustified attack from Turkey into an all-out war in the border region.
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said that the air and ground operation east of the Euphrates River in Syria could begin at any moment, adding at the opening of a conference of the ruling Justice and Development Party in Turkey: May start today or tomorrow. "
The SDF, backed by the US-led Syrian Kurdish People's Protection Units (YPG), said it wanted stability but vowed to respond to any attack. SDF spokesman Mustafa Bali said: "We will not hesitate to divert any attack." Unjustified from Turkey to all-out war in the entire border region to defend ourselves and our people. "