Turkey: No Kurdish force west of Syrian river
ISTANBUL – Turkey’s top diplomat said Kurdish rebels may provide logistical support in the fight against IS in Syria but warned their presence would not be tolerated west of the Euphrates River.
Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said “if the YPG want to provide logistical help east of the Euphrates that’s different, but after the operations end, we don’t want a single YPG member west of the Euphrates.”
The YPG, or People’s Protection Units, is a Kurdish faction within a mixed coalition of Kurdish and Arab groups fighting alongside U.S. special forces against IS in northern Syria.
Ankara, unlike Washington, views the YPG as a terrorist organization.
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