The United States “openly supports” the militants of PYD and YPG, which are the wings of the terrorist organization PKK in Syria, Turkey’s Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said, the Turkish media reported May 31.
The FM noted that instead of fighting terrorists in Syria together with Turkey, the United States preferred cooperation with them.
“A state claiming that it is fighting with terrorists, can’t support them,” said Cavusoglu.
The FM also noted that Turkey is the only country that is fighting terrorists in Syria.
Earlier, Turkey’s president also accused the US of providing military support to the PYD and YPG terrorists in Syria
On January 20, the Turkish armed forces launched the Operation Olive Branch together with the Free Syrian Army in the Syrian region of Afrin.
On August 24, 2016, units of the Turkish Armed Forces began the Operation Euphrates Shield against militants of the “Islamic State” and with the support of the Syrian opposition liberated the border town of Jarablus in Northern Syria, as well as the city of al-Bab.
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