JERUSALEM – President Trump may be a key factor in halting reports of Turkey’s pro-U.S. destruction of the Kurdish community in Syria, says Fox News senior strategic analyst and retired four-star Gen. Jack Keane. told Fox News’ Mark Levin on Saturday’s episode of “Life, Liberty & Levin.”
“Erdogan is a real problem here, he has a corridor in northern Syria. He supports the extremist occupying leader al-Golani in overthrowing Assad. Because he wants Assad to go on like we all have done for years. But now things are Is he doing it? Now he is attacking the Syrian Kurds that we support in eastern Syria.”
Keane said: “Biden is not going to do anything about this. But President Trump has a huge opportunity. And I know for a fact that President Trump has dealt with Erdoğan. One time before on the same issue And it stopped because there was a phone. The conversation he had with President Erdogan.”
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Masked Islamic State terrorist carries an ISIS flag in 2015. (History Group/International Images via Getty Images)
Keane said it was one of Trump’s first phone conversations when he took office. Maybe talk to Erdogan. “If he hasn’t already started talking to him.”
He said the Syrian Kurds’ motivation in eastern Syria was not to seize Turkish territory. But to ensure that ISIS remains defeated, and to ensure that “They will not rise again,” he said, adding that the United States “There is no need to get involved in any of the consequences in Syria other than to protect our own interests. and ensuring that ISIS does not rise again in eastern Syria. And they have the opportunity to do that.”
While most world leaders are focused on the collapse of Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad’s regime, Turkey’s strongman ruler Recep Tayyip Erdogan has mobilized troops. loyal to his government to eradicate Kurdish fighters on the southern border with Syria. which allows the United States Defeat the terrorist movement ISIS
President Trump meets with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in the Oval Office of the White House on November 1, Sept. 13, 2019. (AP Photo/ Evan Vucci)
Bells are ringing about the dire situation of the Kurds in Syria.
“Türkiye is too aggressive. If they were given free reign in Syria. They may commit hidden ethnic cleansing,” warned Efrat Aviv, a professor in the general history department of Bar-Ilan University in Israel and a leading expert on Turkey. In a statement to Fox News Digital
In an effort to reshape his jihadist movement, Ahmad al-Sharaa, leader of the US-appointed terrorist movement Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), which played a key role in toppling the Assad regime, said: “The Kurds are of the nation and received great injustice. Just like we have When the regime collapses The injustices they face may also be alleviated.”
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United States Armed Forces Organized military training for YPG/SDF members in Syria on August 18, 2023. (Hedil Amir/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)
Ahmad al-Sharaa, who until recently was known from the nom de guerre Abu Mohammad Al-Golani is an ally of Turkey. US Secretary of State Antony Blinken announced that the United States “Direct contact” with HTS even though it is an illegal terrorist organization
On Saturday, Mazloum Abdi, head of the US-allied Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), It has called on Kurdish political parties in northeastern Syria (Rojava) to build a unified front.
“Today, Syrian Kurdish national unity has become a historical imperative in responding to the challenges of this crisis. We call on all Kurdish parties to abandon partisan interests. and truly engage with public calls for dialogue and unity,” Abdi wrote in X.
Last week, Sen. Lindsey Graham, R.S.C., posted on X, “In the past, I have drafted sanctions targeting Turkey. If they engage in military operations against Kurdish forces that helped President Trump destroy ISIS, I am prepared to do so again in a bipartisan manner.
“We should not allow the Kurdish forces that helped us destroy ISIS to be ordered by President Trump. Threatened by Türkiye or the extremist Islamist group occupying Syria.”
The Dutch parliament also intervened. last week to protect the Kurds in Syria. It called on its government to support an end to Turkey’s attacks on the Kurds.
President Biden and President Recep Tayyip Erdogan talk during the G-7 summit on June 14, 2024 in Fasano, Italy. (Picture of Christopher Furlong/Getty)
Kurdish-led Autonomy of Northern and Eastern Syria (AANES) Announced on Sunday In response to the continued attacks by pro-Turkish forces. “We are facing major threats and dangers. And we call on the Global Coalition and the world to join with us to protect Kobani.”
“The world now owes it to Kobani and its fighters. And it is time to stand with Kobani,” the statement continued. “Calling on global alliances and freedom-loving individuals to unite and protect the dignity and humanity of the region.”
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Secretary of State Antony Blinken meets with Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan on December 1, September 13, 2024 in Ankara. (Getty Images)
Hakan Fidan, Turkish Foreign Minister The former head of the country’s formidable intelligence service, MIT, spoke Sunday in Jordan about his country’s views on Kurdish political and military organizations. Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) and People’s Defense Units (YPG): “We are under threat from Iraq and Syria. Over the past decade, the PKK has sought to capitalize on the chaos in Syria. By seeking to restructure ourselves within the SDF organization, we continue to fight PKK/YPG terrorism, targeting them wherever they are.”
He added: “Our goal is to distinguish the Syrian Kurds from the terrorist organization PKK/YPG. We support the legitimate representatives of the Syrian Kurds in their efforts to support their rights in Damascus.”
The YPG is the main force of the U.S. alliance. Contributing to the defeat of ISIS, the United States classifies the PKK as a foreign terrorist organization. The YPG falls under the rubric of the Syrian Kurdish organization. Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF)
The Turkish government has increased violence against the Kurds. Turkish Defense Minister Yaşar Güler said on Sunday. “Our main agenda is to disband the PKK/YPG.”
Displaced Kurds leave refugee camps in northern Aleppo. Escaped to Afrin on 1 December 4/2024. (Ugur Yildirim/Image DIA/Abaca/Sipa USA (Sipa via AP Images)
Incoming Rep. Abraham Hamadeh, R-Ariz., whose parents are Syrian immigrants, told Fox News Digital, “As we evaluate Turkey’s recent airstrikes against the Kurds in Syria and reports of the operation, of Hamas in Turkey It is clear that our alliance must be based on mutual respect and sharing. It has been a goal for decades that Türkiye has been a strategic partner. But hosting Hamas without clear steps to dismantle their operations would undermine that relationship. Demonstrate commitment to fighting terrorism It is not an activation.”
When asked by Fox News Digital if the US is considering sanctions against Türkiye. A Ministry of Foreign Affairs spokesperson said: “In general We are not demonstrating an example of a boycott.”
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The State Department referred Fox News Digital on Friday for comments made earlier on Friday after Blinken’s meeting with Fidan in Türkiye.
Part of the said statement said: “Secretary Blinken stressed the importance of U.S. cooperation. and Türkiye in the global coalition to defeat the ISIS mission in Syria.”
