April 2017 Turkish airstrikes in Syria and Iraq

Turkey will abide by deals it made with the United States and Russia as long as those two nations keep their promises for the withdrawal of the YPG from the Turkish border, President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said on Nov. 5.

Turkey will be monitoring the process of YPG/PKK terrorists' withdrawal from northeastern Syria and will not hesitate to take the necessary steps if Russia does not meet its commitments, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has said.

Iraq's security forces may have "partially intervened" in the country's Sinjar district, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said on March 26 amid speculation over a Turkish intervention against outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) elements there

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on March 19 signaled a military operation into the Iraqi town of Sinjar, vowing that Turkey “can enter one night suddenly.”

Turkey has vowed retaliatory military action against the People’s Protection Units (YPG) after eight Turkish troops were killed in an ambush in northern Syria’s Afrin district late on March 1, with President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan voicing determination to continue “Operation Olive Branch.” 

A total of 1,369 Syrian Kurdish People’s Protection Units (YPG) have been “neutralized” since the launch of Turkey’s “Operation Olive Branch” in the northern Syrian district of Afrin, the Turkish military stated on Feb. 12.

Turkey has no aim to invade Syria during its ongoing “Operation Olive Branch” in the northwestern Afrin district of Syria, President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has said. 

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said on Jan. 28 that 484 Kurdish People’s Protection Units (YPG) militants were “neutralized” during Turkey’s “Operation Olive Branch” in Afrin, which was launched on Jan. 20 with aims to remove YPG militants from the region.

Turkey is not occupying Syria’s Afrin district but is only fighting against terrorists there, President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said on Jan. 26, referring to “Operation Olive Branch,” launched on Jan. 20 to remove People’s Protection Units (YPG) militants from the northwestern district.

A Turkish soldier was killed on Jan. 22 during clashes with the People’s Protection Units (YPG) in northwestern Syria as part of Operation Olive Branch, the Turkish military said.