"Our mission is to strangle it before it's even born," Erdogan said of the border force.
Erdogan's government has for long opposed the growing influence of the Kurdish forces along its border in northern Syria, fearing that any separatist move could inspire Turkey's 14 million Kurds.
Now, the U.S.-backed fighters, the Russia-backed Syrian forces, and the Turkey-backed rebels are racing to achieve territorial gains in northeastern Syria following the near defeat of IS.
The SDF fights IS in the northern countryside of Deir al-Zour, while the Syrian army is fighting the Turkey-backed rebels in the northern province of Idlib.
The Turkey-backed rebels are trying to foil the advance of the Syrian army while bracing to fight against the Kurdish groups as well.
So the U.S. decision further flames the situation in northern Syria rather than helping to resolve the conflict.
Also Monday, Kurdish activists said the U.S. has provided the SDF in the Afreen region in northern Syria with anti-aircraft missiles.
A report by the War Media, the media wing of the Syrian army, said the U.S. has stipulated that Kurds should only use these weapons in case of an attack on Afreen area, which is regarded as target of an imminent Turkish military campaign.
The U.S. has been carrying out military operations in Syria since 2017, under the name of fighting against the IS militants.
The SDF captured Raqqa late last year, and the Syrian army captured the eastern city of Deir al-Zour, another IS bastion almost in the same time.
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