US Warns Turkey Against Actions on Syrian Kurds Amid Afrin Tensions
US Warns Turkey Against Actions on Syrian Kurds Amid Afrin Tensions
While Turkey has been threatening with an operation against the Syrian Kurdish fighters, which are the backbone of the US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces... 19.01.2018, Sputnik International
silly comment "we don't want them [Turkish authorities] to engage in violence but we want them to keep focused on ISIS [Daesh]. daesh have been all but defeated in Syria..if the us thinks it can get the rest if us to believe they are still there in sufficient numbers by sticking up pictures of them on billboards at every street corner they are delusional.. There is no need (never was) for americans to be on Syrian soils..time to pack up and leave before Turkey spanks your a*se
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JC Lincoln, I'm Sorry..but my experience with american tactics (70 years).. at this point is that they are walking wounded ..paused.. not willing to give up the carcass just yet. while they have a few remaining local terrorists they will try to wait it out..You will never convince me ..or anyone else that the number one american objective is to rid Syria of Assad and recreate the country into another american enclave like Vietnam, Iraq, South Korea, Japan, Afghanistan, Ukraine, Germany, Italy and until recently Turkey... this is not a complete list by any means but sufficient to see the pattern. Some of these countries are trying to shake off the american control yet only Turkey has had any apparent success so far.. but I will reserve my judgment on that for the time being ...Erdogan either has a plan or he is a nutter..I would go for a plan..as I said I would want to see both of his hands all the time in my sight.. Don't get me wrong on Trump ..I watch with enthusiasm his efforts to clean up america and wish him all successes.. He has a tough enemy...nearly all of your elected government.. It is going to be hard for him to get out of the center of the whirlpool while the rest of them are stirring the pot as fast as they can.. No He is doing a good job for america "in america" asn long as that is where his goal lays...leave the rest of the world alone ..we do not need american "help" thankyou. Just fixing your own country will do wonders for the rest of the world
While Turkey has been threatening with an operation against the Syrian Kurdish fighters, which are the backbone of the US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces fighting Daesh, US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson urged Turkey not to engage in any invasion of the Syrian city Afrin.
The US State Department spokeswoman Heather Nauert has urged Ankara "not to take any actions" against the Kurds in nothern Syria, saying that "we don't want them [Turkish authorities] to engage in violence but we want them to keep focused on ISIS [Daesh].
In its turn, Ankara stated that it is its "right to self-defense in line with international law to take measure against a terror group surrounding us on three sides, violating our rights, and we should intercede."
According to Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu, "We have informed them [the US] we will be intervening in Afrin and we will take action against the threats towards us wherever they come from on the eastern side of the Euphrates, in Manbij or elsewhere."
He has emphasized that Ankara doesn't want Washingtoin, its NATO ally, to be the opposing side of the conflict.
Commenting on the possible Afrin operation, the foreign minister said that Ankara would target PKK, which is banned as a terrorist organization in Turkey, not the Kurds in general. "This distinction should be made clearly. We should take all measures, including supplying humanitarian aid, to avoid civilians being harmed. And we should take steps carefully," he said.
While Turkey has been threatening with an operation against the Syrian Kurdish fighters after the US announced its decision to start training a border protection force composed of the the US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces, which mostly consist of the Kurdish YPG fighters fighting Daesh, US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson urged Turkey not to engage in any invasion of the Syrian city Afrin.
Previously, the Turkish foreign minister said that Washington has failed to keep promises on Manbij and Raqqa, thus bolstering Turkey's mistrust towards the country.
Despite recent Tillerson's assurances that the US had no intention to build a Syria-Turkey border force, saying the issue, which has incensed Ankara, had been "misportrayed," the Pentagon said that despite the fact that it is not a "new army," Turkey's security concerns are "legitimate."
According to Col. Thomas Veale, the public affairs officer of Operation Inherent Resolve, the US-led coalition is training the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) to create a 30,000-strong force to maintain security along Syria's borders. SDF is an umbrella group of fighters dominated by the Kurdish People's Protection Units (YPG).
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