Turkey inches closer to invasion of northern Syria as Islamic State terror threat grows

Syrian Kurdish forces have incarcerated thousands of ISIS terrorists from more than 50 countries in prisons in northeastern Syrian.

Turkey recently launched air strikes targeting the Syrian Kurdish military organization—The People’s Defense Units (YPG) in Syria and the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) in Iraq. .

formed an alliance with the YPG to oust ISIS, while conflict between Erdogan and the Kurdish forces in Syria may be moving from a localized conflict to a full-blown war. .

Turkish Embassy officials in Washington told Fox News Digital that, "We have time and again pointed out threats against our national security, posed by the PKK/YPG terrorist network in Syria and Iraq.

State Department spokesman recently said, "We express our sincere condolences for the loss of civilian life that has occurred in Syria and Turkey" and urged an "immediate de-escalation." .

Intensive Turkish air and drone strikes have killed Syrian Kurds and pulverized critical industries in northern Syria.

Sinam Mohamad, the representative of the Syrian Democratic Council to the U.S., told Fox News Digital.

Mohamad, who is in contact with Syrians on the ground in the conflict zone, said Turkish forces killed 15 civilians since the start of this round of air strikes.

He claimed that, "The latest terror attack against Istanbul was carried about by Syrian forces who were dissatisfied with Turkey’s U-turn because Turkey signaled it was willing to normalize relations with [Syrian President] Bashar al-Assad," he told Fox News Digital

We know the Free Syrian Army is considered an ally of Turkey

All Kurdish military forces in Syria, as well as the PKK, have flatly denied responsibility for the Istanbul terrorism attack

Turkey has captured a Syrian Arab woman who Turkish authorities said confessed to the bombing

Uzay Bulut, a Turkish political analyst and research fellow for the Philos Project, told Fox News Digital, "If Kobane falls to Turkey, Turkey will occupy it alongside jihadists organizations, as they also do in other Syrian cities such as Idlib and Afrin

A Turkish official rebuffed such an argument and told Fox News Digital that "We are the only NATO ally that has boots on the ground and fought DAESH [Islamic State] chest-to-chest since the outset."

The Turkish Defense Ministry said Sunday that Turkey launched deadly airstrikes over northern regions of Syria and Iraq, targeting Kurdish groups that Ankara holds responsible for last week's deadly bomb attack in a bustling street in Istanbul

Soner Cagaptay, the director of the Turkish Research Program at the Washington Institute, said, "Turkey is helping Ukraine militarily" against Russia. 

The Turkish drone has been a powerful weapon in pounding Russian forces

Benjamin Weinthal reports on Israel, Iran, Syria, Turkey and Europe for Fox News Digital