US support of Syrian Kurds ruffles Turkey's feathers - Al-Monitor: The Middle Eastʼs leading independent news source since 2012

Semih Idiz

Semih Idiz

Aug 4, 2015

Members of Kurdish People's Protection Units (YPG) are seen on a military truck that belonged to the Islamist rebels after capturing it near Ras al-Ain, in the province of Hasakah November 6, 2013. Redur Xelil, spokesman for the armed wing of the Syrian Kurdish Democratic Union Party (PYD), said Kurdish militias had seized the city of Ras al-Ain and all its surrounding villages. Syrian Kurdish fighters have captured more territory from Islamist rebels in northeastern Syria, a Kurdish militant group said on — Members of the Kurdish People's Protection Units are seen on a military truck that belonged to the Islamist rebels after capturing it near Ras al-Ain, in the province of Hasakah, Nov. 6, 2013. — REUTERS

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