Merkel ally leaves option open of arming PKK in fighting IS
A senior ally of German Chancellor Angela Merkel has left open the possibility of arming the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) as part of efforts to defeat Islamic State (IS) militants.
Germany is sending weapons to Kurds in northern Iraq but Merkel has previously ruled out supporting the PKK, which has spent decades fighting for autonomy for Turkey's Kurds and is listed as a terrorist organisation by the European Union and the United States.
Turkey, which has so far resisted pressure to join US-led efforts to fight IS militants in northern Iraq and Syria, would oppose such a move.
