Ankara does not rule out the possibility of conducting a military operation against Kurdish armed groups operating in Syria if they do not fulfill the conditions set. This was stated on CNN Turk by Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Monday he would order an intervention to prevent any splintering of Syria, a warning aimed particularly at the country's Kurdish forces.

The fall of Bashar Assad to Islamist-led rebels has raised the prospect of Turkey intervening in Syria against Kurdish forces accused by Ankara of links to armed separatists.Turkey threatened on Tuesday to launch a military operation against Kurdish forces in Syria unless they accepted Ankara's conditions for a "bloodless" transition after the demise