Date: Dec 18, 2018 Source: The Daily Star Turkey may start new Syria operation at any moment: Erdogan Reuters ANKARA: Turkey may start a new military operation in Syria at any moment, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Monday, adding that U.S. President Donald Trump had given a positive response to Turkey's plans for an operation east of the Euphrates. Erdogan made the comments during a speech in the central province of Konya. Last week he said Turkish forces would launch a new cross-border operation against the Syrian Kurdish YPG militia, considered a terrorist organization by Ankara, to the east of the Euphrates river in northern Syria.