Dismissing warnings from President Donald Trump and the imposition of economic sanctions, Turkey's leader has defended his attack on America's former Kurdish allies in northern Syria and insisted he will push on with the offensive until his government's "objectives have been achieved." 土耳其不顧川普經濟制裁的警告，執意對北敘利亞境內、美國的前盟友庫德族發動攻擊，土耳其表示他們將會堅持武力直到目標達成。
Turkey considers the Kurdish militias who helped the U.S. defeat ISIS in Syria to be terrorists, and for years Turkish President Erdogan has wanted to push them back from his southern border, deeper into Syrian territory.
庫德族雖然幫助美國擊敗敘利亞的伊斯蘭國，但土耳其政府一直視庫德族的民兵組織視為恐怖份子。過去多年來，土國總統一直試圖將庫德族從土國南方邊境往南驅逐至敘利亞境內。