Why are we not asking these questions in the West and why is this relegated to the realm of conspiracy theory when in fact we know that documented history shows Turkish activity in that regard?
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A Saudi news agency statement said Bassil’s response was a “non-condemnation of the blatant attacks against the Saudi Embassy in Tehran and its Consulate-General in Mashhad, which are contrary to global law and diplomatic norms”. “The right to take all kinds of measures against the Syrian regime is reserved for us”.
He said he had no doubt the Syrian PYD and its military wing were behind the rush-hour blast which killed 28 people.
Turkey also has concerns that the PKK is being given support by the Syrian Kurdish militia in its battle with security forces in south-east Turkey. He also blamed the government of President Bashar Assad for allegedly supporting the Syrian Kurdish militia.
Capturing Shaddadeh would be significant and it would further boost the SDF, which sees the extremist IS group as its primary enemy on the battlefield in Syria’s complex and multi-layered civil war.
On Thursday, State Department spokesman John Kirby refused to do so.
“We need real talks about peace, not just talks about talks”. That is what Washington is particularly fearful of and that is why I think there are certainly certain corridors in Washington who are deeply concerned about Erdogan’s increasingly erratic positions and the fact that Erdogan is essentially forcing the United States political establishment to choose sides here and to side against the Kurds who are an important ally. Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu earlier accused the United States of making conflicting statements about the Syrian Kurdish militia. The Pentagon later said it had targeted the missing bundle in an air strike and destroyed it. The United States has said it does not consider the YPG a terrorist group.
“Everyone must stop this mistake”.
Meanwhile, the Turkish military, which previously only hit PYD/YPG targets with artillery shells, has reportedly started to fire Stinger and HAWK missiles.
Moreover, there are reports of border violations by Turkish troops. Anfnews reported that they were led by Turkish forces. Obama also offered his condolences for deadly terrorist attack in Turkey this week, it said.
Last week, several local and worldwide media outlets claimed that there had been an accumulation of refugees at the Syria-Turkish border due to Ankara’s alleged unwillingness to open crossing points. The US and France, both of which wield a veto on the council, opposed the resolution.
The ambassadors of the U.S., Russia, Britain, China and France – the five permanent U.N. Security Council members – were invited separately to Turkey’s Foreign Ministry and briefed on the Ankara bombing, a ministry official said.
Syria’s conflict is now approaching its sixth year, with more than 260,000 people killed and half the population displaced. Its vice chairperson Umit Ozdag stated, “There was no strategic or operational intelligence deficiency here, but rather pre-emptive police negligence”.
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The government will reinforce security forces particularly for capital Ankara, he added. Nothing in Turkey will be the same as before. The YPG denied the charges.
