Turkey accused of targeting YPG positions in Syria
The Kurdish People’s Protection Units, engaged in battles against ISIL, have accused Turkey of targeting and monitoring YPG positions.
"We demand the Turkish government... officially clarify their attitude and immediately stop these activities," The Telegraph quoted Kurdish forces as saying in a statement on Saturday.
Continuing such actions will have “negative consequences” for the Turkish government, which will be held “accountable,” read the statement.
YPG troops, alongside the Syrian army, are currently battling ISIL Takfiri terrorists who currently control parts of Syria and Iraq.
Turkey has denied such accusations and claims all attacks were carried out on positions belonging to the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK).
Turkey has started conducting aerial attacks against PKK bases in northern Iraq as well as what it claims to be positions of the ISIL terrorist group in Syria since July 20, when at least 32 people were killed in a massive explosion in the Turkish town of Suruc, near the southern border with Syria. The attack was attributed to the ISIL, which has swathes of territory in neighboring Syria and Iraq under its control.
ISIL flushed from Hasakah
In a separate statement released also on Saturday, the YPG announced that the northeastern Syrian city of Hasakah has been fully secured from ISIL hands.
The statement was also confirmed by Syrian news agency SANA, which said the army has destroyed the last ISIL positions in the city with the help of "supporting nationalist forces."
It added that operations are currently underway to uncover that vast number of mines and explosive traps that the terrorists have left in the city.
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