I just want to know their thoughts. I doubt they even thought about this lol.
If Turkey's real purpose was simply to stop the Syrian Kurds from connecting all their cantons together, then why doesn't Turkey hand over the Azaz-Jarabulus corridor to the Syrian government and be done with it? Hasn't Turkey achieved its goal after all?
I know many Arab members won't like hearing this, but I think Syria is going to break up and that Turkey just wants a piece of the Syrian pie.
The Americans have the largest piece of the Syrian pie via the YPG-held areas in Rojava / Syrian Kurdistan. The Russians also have a large piece via the Alawite coastal regions in western and southwestern Syria.
The Turks probably felt left out and decided to carve a Turkmen state out of northwestern Syria.
So, ironically, Turkey's presence in Syria will end up accelerating the country's breakup.
If Ankara is truly worried about the emergence of a Kurdish state in Syria, then it should hand the Azaz-Jarabulus corridor over to the Syrian government and help the Syrian government restore the prewar status quo. So why isn't Turkey doing that?