Turkey’s military shelled Kurdish militia targets in northern Syria and demanded that the group withdraw from the area, reports Reuters.
The US State Department spokesperson John Kirby urged both Turkey and the Syrian Kurds to step back, saying they should focus instead on tackling a ‘common threat’ of Islamic State militants who control large parts of Syria.
“We have urged Syrian Kurdish and other forces affiliated with YPG not to take advantage of a confused situation by seizing new territory.”
The Kurdish Democratic Union Party (PYD), which backs the YPG controls a vast amount of the Syrian side of Turkey’s border and Ankara.
The US State Department spokesperson John Kirby urged both Turkey and the Syrian Kurds to step back, saying they should focus instead on tackling a ‘common threat’ of Islamic State militants who control large parts of Syria.
“We have urged Syrian Kurdish and other forces affiliated with YPG not to take advantage of a confused situation by seizing new territory.”
The Kurdish Democratic Union Party (PYD), which backs the YPG controls a vast amount of the Syrian side of Turkey’s border and Ankara.