Turkish president stresses his strong support for Syria’s independence.

On Sunday, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, the president of Turkey, said that his country would not stand for Syria’s territory to be violated or for unrest to grow along the southern border with Turkey.

In a speech for Eid al-Fitr, the holiday that marks the end of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, Erdogan said that Turkey would “continue the work we have started in line with our roadmap” and our “Türkiye without terrorism” goal. He was talking about an effort to stop the PKK and YPG, terrorist groups that were hiding in northern Iraq and trying to set up a terror belt in northern Syria, which is across Turkey’s southern border.

He warned that Turkey does not have “unlimited patience” on the problem and that it expects the terrorist PKK/YPG to break up and “lay down their arms completely without any further delay.”

Erdogan also led Eid prayers at the Grand Camlica Mosque in Istanbul and spoke to the people who were there.

He said, “We see and know what is happening in Palestine.” He was talking about Gaza, which is under attack again by Israel in a war that started in October 2023.

On March 18, the Israeli army attacked Gaza from the air without warning. The attack killed more than 920 people, hurt over 2,000 others, and broke a deal to end the fighting and swap prisoners.

Since October 2023, the cruel Israeli military attack on Gaza has killed more than 50,200 Palestinians, mostly women and children, and injured over 114,000.

In November of last year, the International Criminal Court put out arrest orders for Netanyahu and Yoav Gallant, who used to be his defense minister, for war crimes and crimes against humanity in Gaza.

The International Court of Justice has charged it with murder for its attack on the enclave.

The PKK, which is considered a terrorist group by Turkey, the US, and the EU, has killed over 40,000 people in its 40-year campaign of terror against Turkey. These victims include women, children, babies, and the old. The YPG, also known as the SDF, is its branch in Syria.

Terrorists from the PKK often hide out in northern Iraq to plan strikes in Turkey. The YPG/PYD, on the other hand, has tried to set up a terror corridor in northern Syria along Turkey’s borders.