Germany warned Turkey of stepping up military action against Kurdish armed groups in the north of Syria. Mourners carry the coffin of a member of the Women's Protection Units (YPJ), who was killed during a Turkish drone strike in the countryside of Kobani, during her funeral in Syria's northeastern city of Qamishli. AFP

Turkey will do "whatever it takes" to ensure its security if the new Syrian administration cannot address Ankara's concerns about U.S.-allied Kurdish groups it views as terrorist groups, Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan said on Saturday.

After rebels sweep to power in Damascus, Syrian Kurdish leader asks Trump to prevent northern incursion by Ankara -- which views Kurdish factions as a national security threat

Turkey-backed forces are aiming to capture more territory in northern Syria from Kurdish groups, according to Turkish officials familiar with the matter, a move that could stir tensions with the US.

Turkey's foreign minister said after meeting Syria's de facto leader in Damascus on Sunday that there was no room for Kurdish militants in Syria's future, calling for the YPG militia to disband. Turke

German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock has warned of the fallout of a possible war between Turkey and Kurdish forces in Syria. "This must not happen," Baerbock said on Germany's Deutschlandfunk radio on Monday.