In addition, when Turkey launched a number of military operations (Operation Olive Branch, 2019 Turkish offensive into north-eastern Syria and Turkish military operation in Idlib Governorate) against Assad and Kurdish forces, Iran condemned all the operations.[42][43][44] Iran, on the other hand, has also cooperated, in the back, with various Syrian Kurdish groups like People's Protection Units (YPG) and Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) at some extent, both viewed by Ankara as terrorist groups, hence the tensions as Turkish media frequently draw Iranian connection to PKK and YPG.[45][46]