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Title: Turkey Criticizes US Support of New ‘Syria's Future’ Political Party
Post by: TomSea on March 30, 2018, 12:54:10 am

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Turkey Criticizes US Support of New ‘Syria's Future’ Political Party
Dorian Jones
ISTANBUL, TURKEY —

Ankara has launched new attacks and threats aimed at Washington for ongoing U.S. support of the Syrian-Kurdish militia, the YPG. The latest verbal salvo comes as diplomatic talks between the NATO allies continue to resolve their worst crisis in bilateral relations.

The YPG is a key ally in Washington’s war against Islamic State militants, but Ankara accuses the militia of being linked to the PKK, which is waging a decades-long Kurdish insurgency within Turkey.

Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yildirim slammed Washington for the recent creation of a Syrian political party dubbed "Syria's Future,” which Yildirim claimed was nothing more than a political front for the YPG.

Read more at: https://www.voanews.com/a/turkey-us-tensions-over-ypg-syria-future-party/4322673.html (https://www.voanews.com/a/turkey-us-tensions-over-ypg-syria-future-party/4322673.html)