On Sunday President Recep Tayyip Erdogan announced the beginning of Turkish military operations in Iraq's Sinjar region a week after Turkey and allied Syrian FSA groups captured Afrin from Kurdish fighters. During that prior victory speech immediately on the heels of the Syrian Kurdish retreat from Afrin, Erdogan had promised further "extensions"
Turkey Announces Military Incursion into Iraq, Threatens US Over Manbij
Turkey announced the beginning of military operations in Iraq’s Sinjar province a week after the country and its Syrian FSA allies captured Afrin from Kurdish fighters.