ASSESSMENTS
An Impatient Turkey Gets Ready to Enter Northeastern Syria
Oct 9, 2019 | 14:15 GMT
![A member of the Kurdish Internal Security Police Force of Asayish stands guard at a market in the northeastern Syrian city of Qamishli on Aug. 5, 2019.](https://worldview.stratfor.com/sites/default/files/styles/2x1_full/public/display%20Turkey%20Syria%20YPG.jpg?itok=2-_lfz9_)
A member of the Kurdish Internal Security Police Force of Asayish stands guard at a market in the northeastern Syrian city of Qamishli on Aug. 5. Turkey is impatient to begin an incursion into Syrian areas like Qamishli.
(DELIL SOULEIMAN/AFP/Getty Images)
Highlights
- Turkey has long warned of an imminent offensive into northeastern Syria, but its latest warnings suggest an incursion is imminent this time.
- A combination of Turkish impatience and a narrowing window for action could drive Ankara to finally launch the military operation.
- But given that a unilateral operation would greatly displease the United States, Washington would likely respond with significant retaliation.
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