Friday, January 26, 2018

Turkey to US: Stop YPG support or face 'confrontation'

If the US wants to "avoid a confrontation with Turkey - which neither they nor Turkey want - the way to this is clear: they must cut support given to terrorists" -- Deputy Prime Minister Bekir Bozdag

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Source/Credit: Al Jazeera News
By Al Jazeera | January 25, 2018

A Turkish official said anyone supporting the YPG militia will become "a target", a warning likely to rile the United States as its forces work alongside the Kurdish armed group on the ground in northern Syria.

Deputy Prime Minister Bekir Bozdag's comments on Thursday came after Turkey threatened to attack the town of Manbij as part of its cross-border operation against the Afrin region, controlled by the Kurdish fighters.

The US has about 2,000 soldiers based in Manbij - about 100km east of Afrin - who work with the YPG in fighting Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL, also known as ISIS).

If the US wants to "avoid a confrontation with Turkey - which neither they nor Turkey want - the way to this is clear: they must cut support given to terrorists", Bozdag told Turkish broadcaster A Haber.

"Those who support the terrorist organisation will become a target in this battle. The United States needs to review its soldiers and elements giving support to terrorists on the ground in such a way as to avoid a confrontation with Turkey," he said.

There was no immediate response from the US to Bozdag's comments on Thursday.

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  1. AnonymousJanuary 27, 2018 at 4:53 AM

    The one who supporting terrorists is Turkey, lets not forget that the Jihadists were intered Syria through Turkey, it is very clear that Turkey is who supporting the Al-Nusra front, ISIS, and all the terrorist group.

    In the other hand the Kurds are fighting terror, and ISIS's Capital was fallen by their hands

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