The SAC was unknown to most observers until last October when the US announced an airdrop of 50 tons of ammunition to the group – characterizing it as 5,000 rebel troops fighting Daesh in the northeastern Hasakah province that has been under PYD control.
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UK-based human rights activists have said rebel fighters have now secured the area.
The agency said that Somer’s father had told police that his son was behind the attack. The HNC said acceptance was conditional on the government ending its siege of 18 rebel-held areas, releasing detainees and halting aerial and artillery bombardment. IS seized Khanaser and surrounding hills on Tuesday, cutting the government’s main land route to the city.
Sergey Lavrov voiced hope Thursday that the White House will respect the deal envisaging the cease-fire to take effect at midnight Friday local time. Turkey has shelled YPG positions in Syria in recent weeks, saying it was retaliating to cross-border fire.
But the war against IS will go on as the group is specifically excluded from the planned truce, as is Al-Qaeda’s Syrian affiliate Al-Nusra Front.
Security bosses are said to fear a Paris-style atrocity on British soil.
DIYARBAKIR, Turkey Turkish military helicopters killed 12 Kurdish militants in strikes near the southeastern border with Syria on Wednesday, security sources said, in a conflict becoming increasingly intertwined with developments in Turkey’s war-torn neighbour.
Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu says Turkey will not honor a planned cessation of hostilities in war-hit Syria if its security is threatened.
Turkey’s deputy prime minister says his country supports the cease-fire agreement for Syria but suggests that its military could continue firing on Syrian Kurdish groups in Syria if their militia “attack” Turkey.
“We endorse a ceasefire that would relieve Syrian brothers”, said Recep Tyyip Erdogan.
“Turkey will defend its territorial integrity”.
Turkey has also designated the YPG a terrorist group, but its allies, including the United States, back the YPG in its fight against so-called Islamic State (IS). “Thus, Turkey’s presence in Syria will be brought to naught and Erdogan will have nothing to tell his electors in his defense”, the expert said.
The Turkish president accused Syrian Kurds of strong ties with and arms deliveries to the Kurdish Workers’ Party declared as a terrorist organization in Turkey.
Repeated attacks have hit the death cult’s recruitment and finances, and defence chiefs have warned that the leaders of the so-called caliphate are likely to lash out and carry out a Paris-style atrocity on British soil.
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Jatras also stated it remained to be seen whether there can be agreement between the two countries on who can be considered a terrorist group and which groups will be included in the deal.
