The People’s Protection Units (YPG) warned of a genocide in the Kurdish enclave of Kobani in Syria, which is currently surrounded by Islamic State (IS) fighters.
The YPG, a group linked to the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK), has joined with other Syrian opposition groups to fight the IS militants, but has been unable to halt an advance which has seen IS capture 21 Kurdish villages in North-West Syria in less than 24 hours.
The Kurdish pocket in the Aleppo province of Syria is now under attack.
Redur Xelil, the YPG’s spokesperson said that “mobilisation in Kobani isn’t enough, the international community has to take action.”
“If not there will be a new snegal (Sinjar) genocide but in Kobani,” he went on to add, referencing the IS siege of Sinjar which left thousands of Yazidis trapped in Northern Iraq.
The YPG's warning comes as the PKK, appealed for Turkish Kurds to join the battle to defend Kobani, stating,
The YPG, a group linked to the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK), has joined with other Syrian opposition groups to fight the IS militants, but has been unable to halt an advance which has seen IS capture 21 Kurdish villages in North-West Syria in less than 24 hours.
The Kurdish pocket in the Aleppo province of Syria is now under attack.
Redur Xelil, the YPG’s spokesperson said that “mobilisation in Kobani isn’t enough, the international community has to take action.”
“If not there will be a new snegal (Sinjar) genocide but in Kobani,” he went on to add, referencing the IS siege of Sinjar which left thousands of Yazidis trapped in Northern Iraq.
The YPG's warning comes as the PKK, appealed for Turkish Kurds to join the battle to defend Kobani, stating,
“The young people of northern Kurdistan... should join the honourable, historical resistance in Kobani.”See more from the Financial Times here.