“We are going to continue to crush the heads of everyone who attacks us.” Russia and the USA evaluated Erdogan’s announcement as concerning.
Turkey is ready start another military operation in North Syria, as announced by the Turkish president to Izvestia. According to Erdogan, Turkey is ready to include Raqqa and Manbij cities in its influence zone in order to prevent the formation of a Kurdish state. "Some negative processes are going on in Syria right now. If this leads to a threat to our borders, we will react in the same way as we did during the Operation Euphrates Shield," Erdogan said. Russia and the USA evaluated Erdogan’s announcement as concerning. Moscow announced that they will do everything to prevent a Turkish-Kurdish war.