Tweet
Turkish jets hammer Syrian town to oust US-backed Kurdish militia
Operation Olive Branch on da hizzay...
GGG Gloveking
Your questions regarding Kurds is a good one. Now is a good time for you to follow news with what's going on in Syria.
USA supplies Kurdish militia in Syria who are ideally supposed to fight ISIS. However:
US-trained border force in Manbij
Manbij is in an area where a 30,000-strong US-trained border force from the Syrian Democratic Forces, dominated by YPG fighters, is to be trained. Turkish-backed rebels and US forces have been trading fire there, US defense officials said.
The announcement of a border force infuriated Turkey's leaders, and Erdogan has accused the United States, its most powerful NATO ally, of "building an army of terror" on his border and threatened to "drown" the US-backed force.
Turkey regards the YPG as the Syrian arm of the Kurdistan Workers' Party, or PKK, despite the group's help in battling ISIS.
The PKK is an outlawed Kurdish group responsible for major terror attacks in Turkey as part of its bid for national ethnic autonomy. The European Union and United States have both named the PKK as a terrorist outfit.
"By changing the name of a terrorist organization that is playing games in Syria, they think (they) are being smart. Who do you think you are fooling? The name of this organization is PKK, PYD, YPG," Erdogan said Saturday.
"No matter what they say, we don't care anymore because we look at what is happening in the field."
GGG Gloveking
Your questions regarding Kurds is a good one. Now is a good time for you to follow news with what's going on in Syria.
USA supplies Kurdish militia in Syria who are ideally supposed to fight ISIS. However:
US-trained border force in Manbij
Manbij is in an area where a 30,000-strong US-trained border force from the Syrian Democratic Forces, dominated by YPG fighters, is to be trained. Turkish-backed rebels and US forces have been trading fire there, US defense officials said.
The announcement of a border force infuriated Turkey's leaders, and Erdogan has accused the United States, its most powerful NATO ally, of "building an army of terror" on his border and threatened to "drown" the US-backed force.
Turkey regards the YPG as the Syrian arm of the Kurdistan Workers' Party, or PKK, despite the group's help in battling ISIS.
The PKK is an outlawed Kurdish group responsible for major terror attacks in Turkey as part of its bid for national ethnic autonomy. The European Union and United States have both named the PKK as a terrorist outfit.
"By changing the name of a terrorist organization that is playing games in Syria, they think (they) are being smart. Who do you think you are fooling? The name of this organization is PKK, PYD, YPG," Erdogan said Saturday.
"No matter what they say, we don't care anymore because we look at what is happening in the field."
Comment