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Whatever It Takes: Turkey Seeking Any Excuse to Invade Syria

© AP Photo / Lefteris PitarakisIn this photo taken from the Turkish side of the border between Turkey and Syria, in Akcakale, southeastern Turkey, a Turkish soldier on an armoured personnel carrier watches as in the background a flag of the Kurdish People's Protection Units, or YPG, is raised over the city of Tal Abyad, Syria, Tuesday, June 16, 2015
In this photo taken from the Turkish side of the border between Turkey and Syria, in Akcakale, southeastern Turkey, a Turkish soldier on an armoured personnel carrier watches as in the background a flag of the Kurdish People's Protection Units, or YPG, is raised over the city of Tal Abyad, Syria, Tuesday, June 16, 2015 - Sputnik International
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Syrian Kurds refute accusations made by the Turkish leadership regarding the recent terrorist attack in Ankara.

A group of coalition forces, which includes People's Protection Units (YPG) Women's Protection Units (YPJ), Sutoro militia, a pro-government Syriac Christian movement, and other forces, monitor the area in al-Hol in the Syrian Hasakeh province, some 650 kms northeast of Damascus, near the Iraqi border on November 2, 2015 - Sputnik International
Crying Wolf: Ankara Adopting 'Terror' Methods in War Against Kurds
Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu claimed that the perpetrator of the recent terrorist attack in Ankara which claimed the lives of 28 people was a man named Salih Neccar, a native of the town of Amuda located in the Syrian province of Al Hasakah – an area predominantly populated by Syrian Kurds.

However, following Davutoglu's statements the representatives of the Kurdish Democratic Union Party (PYD) conducted their own investigation into the suspect’s identity, and the facts they’ve uncovered may not be to the prime minister's liking.

"The investigation revealed that no one bearing the family name of Neccar lives or ever lived in Amuda," Hakem Xalo, PYD representative and co-chairman of the legislative council of Syria's Jazira Canton, told Sputnik. "Furthermore, no one bearing this name has ever joined the People's Protection Units (YPG) in Amuda. We've interviewed the people living there and no one knew a man named Salih Neccar. It is a small town, and the residents know each other."

Xalo said that the Syrian Kurds reject accusations made by the Turkish prime minister and suggested that Salih Neccar, assuming that he actually existed, could’ve been a member of Daesh or Jabhat an-Nusra.

"Neither YPG nor PYD bear any responsibility for the terrorist attack in Ankara nor other similar attacks in Turkey. We defend our people from Daesh and other terrorist groups that threaten our land. By claiming that PYD is responsible for the explosions in Turkey, Ankara merely wants to create an excuse for the invasion of Rojava (a region of Syria located near the border with Turkey and populated predominantly by Kurds), nothing more," Xalo explained.

Several notable experts have also warned that the terrorist attack in Ankara looks like a 'false flag operation' which may be used by Turkish leadership as a pretext for a large scale land invasion of northern Syria.

The bombing was carried out on February 17, at a busy crossroad in central Ankara near the country's parliament building at 16:30 GMT. At least 28 people were killed and over 60 were injured by the explosion.

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