Erdogan Warns Kurds Will Be ‘Buried in Syrian Lands Along with Their Weapons’
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan alerted Kurdish militias in Syria on Wednesday to either set their arms or be "buried." On the exact same day, the Turkish armed force stated it eliminated 21 Kurdish militants in northern Syria and Iraq-- consisting of members of individuals's Defense Units (YPG), the leading Syrian Kurdish force allied with the United States versus the Islamic State.
Erdogan and other Turkish authorities have actually adamantly firmly insisted for many years that the YPG is allied with, or simply a branch of, the violent separatist Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK). The PKK is prohibited in Turkey and categorized as a terrorist company by numerous other countries, consisting of the United States.
The majority of other nations, nevertheless, concern the Syrian Kurdish ...