Turkey invades Syria by land and air and launches war against Kurds

After the departure of US forces from northern Syria and as promised, Turkey invaded Wednesday by land and air neighboring country and started a war against the Syro-Kurdish minority, which had acquired territorial control of this border area by pushing back the Islamic State (IS) with the support of Washington.

"The Turkish armed forces have launched, with the Syrian National Army (the rebel militia also known as the Syrian Free Army), the operation" Spring of Peace "in the north of the Syria. Our goal is to eliminate the terrorist corridor on our southern border to bring peace and security to the region, "Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan announced on his Twitter account.

For the president, "the terrorist corridor" is the northern region of Syria that was left to Kurdish militias and their allies when they managed to expel and defeat the IS. with US air, logistics and economic support.

Turkish Government maintains a historic confrontation with the Kurdish minority of his country and is currently experiencing one of the moments of the greatest political and police repression. As part of this clash, Erdogan sees Kurdish militias and all his civilian and political allies as terrorists.

In a statement, US President Donald Trump said that the war unleashed by Ankara "is a bad idea" and told the press that he was in agreement "with the imposition of sanctions on Turkey".

The American president had threatened to "annihilate the Turkish economy" if Ankara violates the human rights of civilians and religious minorities; However, he limited himself to stating that there were no American troops in the combat zone and that the attacks were not coordinated with his government.

According to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, a London-based opposition organization, at least eight civilians and seven militiamen died The first day of this war.

This is not the first time that the Turkish army invades the Syrian territory with the Syrian militia rebels to force the withdrawal of militia from the FSD, but this time, the fear of Syrian Kurds and many countries in the region is that a clear endless war begins.

For its part, NATO warned of possible consequences of conflict unleashed in a country in conflict for more than eight and a half years and suffering from one of the worst humanitarian and migratory crises in the world.

In this context of rejections and warnings, the five permanent members – the United States, China, Russia, France and the United Kingdom – decided to convene on Thursday the United Nations Security Council.