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As Ukraine crisis rages, Erdogan trains his sights on Kurdish northern Syria

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan delivers a speech on the final day of military exercises in Izmir, Turkey on June 9, 2022. © Murat Cetinmuhurdar/PPO/Reuters

With international attention focused on the war in Ukraine, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan appears to be in a good geopolitical position to launch a new military operation against the Kurds in northern Syria. Despite US warnings, Erdogan has threatened an offensive on two strategic Syrian towns near Turkey’s southern border.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has once again started threatening a new military operation in northern Syria in a bid to create his much-wanted buffer zone along the Turkey-Syria border.

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