Syria Kurds urge Russia, Iran to prevent Turkish attack
Hasakeh, Syria – (AFP):
The commander of US-backed Kurdish forces in Syria on Friday urged Russia and Iran to prevent Turkey from launching a new attack in the country’s north, days before an expected Syria summit.
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan — who will meet his Russian and Iranian counterparts next week to discuss Syria — has warned that he may soon launch a new offensive in Syria against Kurdish fighters waging an insurgency against the Turkish state.
These include the US-backed Kurdish People’s Protection Units (YPG), which formed a crucial part of an international coalition against the Islamic State group.
Mazloum Abdi, chief commander of the YPG-linked Syrian Democratic Forces, accused the international coalition of taking a “weak” position that is “insufficient to end the threats.”
Abdi said that following negotiations with Russia, Kurdish forces had allowed the Syrian regime to bring more troops into Kurdish-controlled areas such as Kobane and Manbij in the north of the country.
Russia, Turkey and Iran have in recent years been holding talks on Syria as part of the so-called “Astana peace process” to end more than 11 years of conflict in the Middle Eastern country.
Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi is set to host Erdogan and Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday.
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