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TURKEY: Erdogan-Countries Should 'Take Their Hands Off' Syria

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Reuters reporting comments from President Recep Tayyip Erdogan regarding the situation in Syria following the collapse of the Assad regime. Says that it the Kurdish People's Protection Units (YPG) militia does not disarm "it will not be able to escape its inevitable end." Adds all countries should "take their hands off" Syria, and that Turkey is able to crush all terrorist organisations. The comments come a week after Erdogan threatened military action against Kurdish militias in northern Syria, saying in a presser “We will not consent to the disintegration of Syria or the disruption of its unitary structure under any guise. If we see a risk in this regard, we will take the necessary steps swiftly,”

  • Turkey is supportive of the new administration in Damascus under Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) and the 'Syrian National Army' (SNA), a group of anti-Assad militias. The YPG on the other hand is a core component of the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), which for years has been backed by the US.
  • The SNA and SDF have engaged in clashes since the fall of Assad. It remains to be seen whether Turkey proves content with allowing the SNA to counter the SDF or whether it eventually sends its own forces to northeast Syria.
  • It is not only security issues that the Erdogan administration is focusing on in Syria. Turkey's sizeable and well-experienced infrastructure sector is seen as primed to benefit in the rebuilding of Syria after a lengthy and destructive civil war. 
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Reuters reporting comments from President Recep Tayyip Erdogan regarding the situation in Syria following the collapse of the Assad regime. Says that it the Kurdish People's Protection Units (YPG) militia does not disarm "it will not be able to escape its inevitable end." Adds all countries should "take their hands off" Syria, and that Turkey is able to crush all terrorist organisations. The comments come a week after Erdogan threatened military action against Kurdish militias in northern Syria, saying in a presser “We will not consent to the disintegration of Syria or the disruption of its unitary structure under any guise. If we see a risk in this regard, we will take the necessary steps swiftly,”

  • Turkey is supportive of the new administration in Damascus under Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) and the 'Syrian National Army' (SNA), a group of anti-Assad militias. The YPG on the other hand is a core component of the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), which for years has been backed by the US.
  • The SNA and SDF have engaged in clashes since the fall of Assad. It remains to be seen whether Turkey proves content with allowing the SNA to counter the SDF or whether it eventually sends its own forces to northeast Syria.
  • It is not only security issues that the Erdogan administration is focusing on in Syria. Turkey's sizeable and well-experienced infrastructure sector is seen as primed to benefit in the rebuilding of Syria after a lengthy and destructive civil war.