Erdogan vows Syria ground invasion, Kurds prepare response
Turkey's president says he will carry out a land invasion into Kurdish areas of northern Syria QAMISHLI, Syria -- Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Wednesday he would carry out a land invasion into Kurdish areas in northern Syria. Turkey has launched a barrage of airstrikes on suspected Kurdish militant targets in northern Syria and Iraq in recent days, in retaliation for a deadly Nov. 13 bombing in Istanbul that Ankara blames on the militant groups. The groups have denied involvement in the bombing. Ankara's allies, particularly Russia, have attempted to avert a ground incursion, but Erdogan said Wednesday in a speech to his ruling party’s legislators in Ankara that the air operations are “just the beginning” and that Turkey is determined to "close down all of our southern borders...with a security strip that will prevent the possibility of attacks on our country." Turkey has carried out a series of incursions into Syria since 2016 and already controls p...