MESOP : AFTER THE BIG LIE NOW THE PLAIN TRUTH – PYD Leader Muslim: Iraqi Kurdistan is Our Main Provider of Weapons

Salih Muslim: I haven’t participated in the clashes between YPG and the Islamic State

Basnews – 26.07.2015   ERBIL – Syrian Kurdistan’s Democratic Union Party (PYD) leader Salih Muslim has revealed that the Iraqi Kurdistan government is the main supporter and weapons supplier for Kurdish fighters in Syrian Kurdistan.In an interview with the London-based Al-Hayat Newspaper, the PYD leader disclosed the depth of the relationship between the KRG and the People’s Protection Units (YPG) fighters in Syrian Kurdistan (also known as Rojava) battling Islamic State (IS) militants.“The KRG is our main supplier of weapons and financial aid,” said the Kurdish leader.

The statement from Muslim comes after recent claims that the KRG hadn’t sent any weapons, rather it was the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK), one of the ruling parties in the KRG, who had supplied arms.

On Saturday the KRG released details of weapons sent to Syrian Kurdistan to support the Kurdish forces. They also released a letter of acknowledgment sent by Muslim to President Barzani.In addition, Muslim rejects media reports that there are suicide bombers among his forces, although he details heroic stories among his fighters.He uses the example of a fighter by the name of Aren Kobani, who, “to protect his comrades went in to the front of an IS tank and blew himself up.” The PYD leader explains that he hasn’t personally participated in the fighting between the YPG and IS.Salih Muslim, who has been accused of being an ally of the Syrian regime, said that if the Syrian army changed its mentality towards Kurds, they would cooperate with them, but such a step is currently out of the question.