The mainly Sunni Arab rebels consider this area theirs; and the Kurds view it as land they have fought hard for. With the Syrian Kurds being terrorists in Turkey's eyes, this is never likely to end well. Instead, US Secretary of Defense Ashton Carter was left Monday to ask the Turkish not to fight the Syrian Kurds , and for the Syrian Kurds to pull back across the Euphrates. The Syrian Kurds don't have the manpower to take on the full might of the Turkish military. For future stability, the Syrian rebels Turkey is backing offer a better alternative to fight ISIS than the US's current anti-ISIS ground force -- the Syrian Kurds.

Source: CNN August 31, 2016 08:23 UTC