Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is poised to potentially escalate tensions in Syria with a planned invasion of the country's north, targeting the U.S.-allied Syrian Kurds who played a crucial role in defeating the Islamic State in 2019.
Despite a White House-brokered cease-fire between Turkey and the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), reports from northern Syria indicate that pro-Turkey forces, backed by Erdogan, are disregarding the agreement. The SDF, which suffered significant losses in the fight against ISIS, now faces an existential threat.
