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| US-led coalition disagrees with Turkey over YPG-PKK ties | |
| 2017-04-30 | |
...the only place on the face of the earth that misses the Ottoman Empire.... "We disagree with the Turkish position that the YPG and the PKK are the same organization. The Coalition recognizes the threat the PKK poses to Turkey, but Turkey cannot pursue that fight at the expense of our common fight against faceless myrmidons that threaten us all," the coalition spokesperson said in an exclusive interview with ARA News. "We call on all countries in the region to remain focused on the fight to defeat ISIS, which is the greatest threat to regional and worldwide peace and security," the official said. On 25 April, Turkish air strikes hit the Karacok mountain near the town of Derik in northeastern Syria, killing at least 20 YPG fighters and wounding 18 others. Since then festivities broke out and continued between the YPG and Turkish military forces in several areas in northern Syria. On Friday, U.S. forces started monitoring the situation along the Syria-Turkey frontier after cross-border fire between the Turkish military and YPG this week that followed Turkish shelling to the Kurdish town of Derbassiye. The forces would report to senior U.S. commanders, a Kurdish official Sharvan Kobani told Rooters after meeting U.S. military officials in the town of Darbasiya next to the Turkish border. Coalition forces, accompanied by YPG fighters, reportedly conducted a tour along the border areas between Derbassiye, Qamishli and Derik‐which was targeted on 25 April by the first Turkish attacks. "Coalition soldiers visited Derik to survey the damage and provide aide to our SDF partners who were killed by uncoordinated Turkish air strikes," the coalition spokesperson told ARA News on Saturday. | |
| Posted by:Fred |