Kurdish Politician: Kurds Sold by US to Ankara

The Arabic-language al-Watan newspaper quoted Ousi as saying on Monday that Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s threat of military attack against Eastern Euphrates is serious and dangerous.

He warned that the US has sold the Syrian Kurds to Turkey, adding that Ankara’s threats started after a visit by US special representative for Syria James Jeffrey to the country and his meetings with the Turkish leaders.

Ousi said that “Turkey has received greenlight from its master, the US, to infiltrate into Eastern Syria,” adding that both sides have reached an agreement in this regard.

He said that neither Kurds nor any other groups of the Syrian people residing in Eastern Euphrates are important to the US, calling on the Kurds to help the Syrian government to enter the Kurdish-populated regions and cut ties with Washington.

The Turkish army targeted and pounded the military positions of the Kurdish forces in Northern Aleppo near Syria’s border with Turkey on Saturday as heavy clashes have intensified between the two sides there.

Sources close to militants in Northern Syria said that the Turkish army’s artillery units pounded several military positions of the Kurds in Zour Moghar and Shoyoukh Foqani in the surrounding areas of Ain al-Arab in Northern Aleppo and near the border with Turkey, destroying one of their military positions.

The sources, meantime, pointed to the Kurdish forces’ attacks on the Ankara-backed militants’ positions from Harbal, Sheikh Issa and Um Khosh regions in Ma’areh region, and reiterated that intense fighting has broken out between the two sides in the surrounding areas of Tal Rafat city.

The sources close to the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) also reported that the Kurdish forces targeted and pounded one of the positions of the Turkish army in Kimar village in Shirava region of Afrin in Western Aleppo, which resulted in the destruction of the military point and death of five Turkish soldiers.

The Kurdish-language Hawar news reported on Thursday that the ‘Executive Council for Autonomous Forces in Northern and Eastern Syria’ ordered all troops to go on alert after Erdogan threatened to launch military operations against Kurds in coming days.

The Kurdish forces in a statement claimed Ankara attempts to support the ISIL, calling on the US-led coalition, the international community, specially the UN, and the NATO members to voice opposition to Ankara’s aggressive plans.

Meantime, commander of Ferqat al-Hamzeh, affiliated to the Turkey-backed Free Syrian Army (FSA) terrorist group, said that nearly 20,000 FSA militants are prepared to take part in the Turkish army’s military operations against Kurds in Eastern Euphrates, specially the town of Manbij in Aleppo and Tal Abyadh in Raqqa.