Head of the Turkish Presidential Liaison Office Fakhruddin Alton announced that the Turkish army is going to cross the Syrian border with the Free Syrian Army, in a sign that the Turkish military operation in northern Syria is approaching.
Alton said in a tweet via his Twitter account that the Kurdish people's units have two options either split or we will prevent them from disrupting our efforts to counter the organization of the state.
While there is anticipation and wait in the north of Syria; Foreign Policy magazine said that US officials expect to start the Turkish military operation in northern Syria within the next 24 hours.
The magazine quoted a senior US official as saying that Turkish officials confirmed to the US embassy in Ankara to start the Turkish military operation within one day.
A senior administration official said Kurdish militants were heading north towards the border in large numbers, while maintaining a number of them to guard prisons that include ISIS prisoners in parts of Syria.
Pentagon spokesman Jonathan Hoffman said foreign military commanders in the United States would convey to their Turkish counterparts the possible consequences of destabilizing the region.
In light of this, the SDF warned that the border areas of northeast Syria are on the verge of a possible humanitarian disaster.
She added: "All indications and field data and military build-up on the Turkish side of the border indicate that our border areas will be under Turkish attack in cooperation with the Syrian opposition."
Call Trump and Erdogan
Defense Secretary Mark Esper and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Mark Milli participated in a telephone conversation between President Donald Trump and his Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Sunday, after which Trump announced the withdrawal of US troops from northeastern Syria.
On the other hand, the Pentagon confirmed that Trump consulted Esber and Millie during the past few days, especially regarding efforts to protect US forces in northeastern Syria during the possible Turkish military operation in the region.
In a statement released on Tuesday, the Pentagon said the Pentagon's position was and continues to seek to establish a safe area in northeastern Syria, because that would be the best way to maintain stability.
The Pentagon expressed regret for Turkey's decision to act unilaterally, which caused the transfer of US troops for the sake of safety, stressing that he has not made any changes to the US military presence in Syria at the moment.
Ratification by Parliament
In the meantime, the Turkish parliament approved the extension of the mandate of the Turkish government to carry out military operations outside the borders in Syria and Iraq.
Representatives of the Justice and Development Party, the Republican people and the nationalist movement agreed to extend the memorandum, while the Kurdish Democratic People's Party (PDP) deputies opposed it.
At the field level, Turkey continued its field preparations, and on Tuesday sent new armored vehicles to its border with Syria after Ankara said it was ready to launch a new offensive against Kurdish fighters.
A convoy of dozens of vehicles was seen in the town of Agca Castle in the Turkish province of ليanlıurfa.
Earlier in the day, the Turkish Defense Ministry announced on Twitter that it had completed preparations to start a military operation in northeastern Syria.
The ministry explained that it is necessary for her to establish a safe zone or "peace corridor" as she called it, to contribute to stability and peace in the region, so that the Syrians can live in a safe atmosphere.
She added that she would never allow the establishment of what she called the "terrorist corridor" on Turkey's borders, and stressed that it had completed all preparations for the military operation targeting the eastern Euphrates region, where the so-called Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces and supported by the United States.
The Reuters news agency quoted two Turkish officials as saying on Tuesday that the Turkish army carried out air strikes on the Syrian-Iraqi border last night, to prevent Kurdish forces from using the road between the two countries and to cut off the supply lines before the planned Turkish operation.
Meanwhile, NBC quoted current and former military officials as saying that US forces in northeastern Syria had received a surprise ultimatum to withdraw from their positions on Monday morning, and that the decision also surprised Pentagon, State Department and Washington's European and regional allies. .
Syrian opposition forces are preparing
As part of the ongoing preparations for the upcoming Turkish military operation, the Syrian National Army of the Syrian opposition called on the SDF fighters to defect, lay down their arms and stay in their homes before the planned military operation in which the Syrian National Army is scheduled to participate.
The army said in a statement that it does not intend from the operation to harm the population of the east of the Euphrates, but the failure of the project, which he described as "separatist militias" that seek to cut off part of Syria.
The Minister of Defense in the Syrian interim government Major General Salim Idris in a statement to the island that the "National Army" completed its preparations for what he described as "the battle of the east of the Euphrates," and the development of plans and explain to his fighters, and they are waiting for zero hour.
Idriss said the directives were given to combatants to protect civilians and ensure their safety and treatment.
Syrian Deputy Foreign Minister Fayssal Mekdad, in the regime's first official position on the expected operation, said Damascus would defend all Syrian territory if Turkey launched any military operation in northern Syria.
Al-Miqdad said in a statement to Al-Watan newspaper close to the regime that what he described as Kurdish militias had lost everything and that they should not lose themselves.
Al-Watan newspaper quoted regime forces as saying that their deployment in the areas under their control in the countryside of Manbij (northern Syria) is still the same, and that they did not move from their positions and received no new instructions.