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Turkey assails US over ties with Syrian Kurdish militia

ANKARA - Turkey's foreign minister is assailing the United States, claiming American forces in Syria are intentionally stalling the fight against Islamic State militants as an excuse not to cut ties with Syrian Kurdish fighters as Ankara has demanded.

 

Mevlut Cavusoglu says US forces are leaving "pockets" with ISIS militants intact to justify continued cooperation with the Kurdish militia.

 

Cavusoglu says ties with the US are "at a critical stage" and that Washington needs to take "concrete steps" to regain Turkey's trust.

 

Ankara is riled over Washington's support for the Syrian Kurdish People's Protection Units, or YPG—the top US ally in the anti-ISIS fight. Turkey considers the YPG a "terrorist" group linked to Kurdish insurgents within Turkey.

 

 


פרסום ראשון: 02.12.18, 13:32