The Turks have become a major issue for the Arab State of Khataiy by continuously intervening in Arab affairs, dealing with Iran, and holding historically Arab and Kurdish lands that were wrongfully given to the Turks by the French, since 2011 the Arab State of Khataiy has worked tirelessly overthrow the Pro-Iranian Bashar al-Assad regime in Syria, not for it to be replaced by Turkish influence and has since been working to eliminate and reduce Turkish influence over the opposition by winning over the hearts of the Syrian rebels and Arabs tired of Kurdish occupation in Eastern Syria by staging a pro-Arab in the so-called "Syrian Democratic Forces" and reconciling the different Arab opposition factions, creating the Syrian Arab Confederacy led by tribal Sheikhs from Eastern Syria and dominated by former Rebel warlords that now are considered military chiefs and government officials in the new state.
President Omar Khairallah formally declared war against the Turkish Republic led by Erdogan on October 3rd 2019, President Khariallah announced the war saying "The Ottoman Imperialists have torn our Arab nation apart, pitting the Arabs against one another, they use the name of religion for their cause, and they claim it is their right as the heirs to the Ottomans to rule over Arab lands, but I saw it is our right as the heirs of the greatest of empires like the Mamluks to defend the Arab lands, because we are the heirs of the Caliphate, and Erdogan will never infringe on our peoples, this is a matter of fighting for our existence, and fighting a holy war against the anti-Christ's disciples."
Anti-Turk propaganda from the Khataiyi Information Ministry
Khataiyi backed Syrian fighters near the Turkish border
Khataiyi Arab Army troops preparing to enter Turkey
At midnight on October 16th the Khataiyi Army began shelling the Turkish border, and the Commando Troops began infiltrating the border seizing 2km of territory inside of Turkey, while in neighboring Syria, former Free Syrian Army battalions began mobilizing in Raqqa and Aleppo, FSA groups still loyal to Turkey were quickly targeted such as various ethnic-Turkmen militias, some were allegedly summarily executed and had their vehicles and guns seized, and a secret deal was brokered with the Kurdish YPG in Hasakah to end hostilities and focus on fighting Turkey, guns from Jordan and Saudi Arabia also began arriving at Khataiyi ports and would be distributed to FSA fighters in Khataiy, Idlib, Aleppo and Raqqa, and General Khalifa Haftar from Libya has offered to send advisors and missiles.