Reuters. The Kurdish YPG militia, which spearheads the U.S.-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), should abide by its integration agreement with the Syrian government, Turkey’s Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan said on Wednesday (August 13).
NATO member Turkey has been one of Syria’s main foreign allies after the ousting of Bashar al-Assad last year.
The SDF, which controls much of northeast Syria, signed an agreement with Damascus in March to integrate into the Syrian state apparatus. Ankara considers both the SDF and YPG as terrorist organisations.
Fidan also said the YPG should “benefit from positive developments,” referring to the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) militant group’s decision to disband and disarmament.
Turkey views the YPG as a PKK extension but the YPG has previously said Ocalan’s call did not apply to it, contradicting Ankara’s view.
Syrian Foreign Minister, Asaad Hassan Al-Shibani, said a recent conference held by the YPG in Hasakah was a violation of the agreement reached in March regarding integration.
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