Former and current US officials have slammed the Turkish mercenary force of “Arab militias” for executing and beheading Kurds in…
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Acommander of the Kurdish womenís self-defense force, known by its Kurdish acronym YPJ, takes a break in Kobani, Syria. (AP/Jake Simkin)
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan was already making much of his plans to lambaste President Trump during his DC visit later this month, complaining about the US provision of arms and military support to Kurdish factions that Turkey considers terrorists.
The move is likely to infuriate U.S. ally Turkey, which considers the YPG a terrorist group.
(MEE) U.S. President Donald Trump has approved the supplying of weapons to Kurdish YPG forces battling the Islamic State group in Syria, a US official said Tuesday.
The funding “to provide support to the YPG has been approved,” the official said on condition of anonymity.
(MEE) A female reporter working for Iraqi Kurdish channel Rudaw was killed by the explosion of a roadside bomb Saturday during fighting between government forces and militants in Mosul, her channel said.
“Prominent Rudaw war reporter and journalist Shifa Gardi has been killed in Mosul as she covered clashes,” Rudaw said on social media.
Among the civilians slain were a displaced family of six.
Instead of fighting ISIS, Turkey and Iraq may go to war with each other.
The US ally could stab the most effective anti-ISIS fighters in the back.
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