MESOP : STALINIST PYD (PKK) FIGHTS SYRIAN OPPOSITION TO BENEFIT FROM TRADE WITH ASSAD

YPG cuts rebel lifeline to Aleppo city

MESOP NEWS ROUNDAUP KURDISTAN – 28 Sep 2015 – Kurdish People’s Defense Units (YPG) pushed rebels out of the Sheikh Maqsoud neighborhood on Sunday, effectively cutting the main rebel supply line into Aleppo city, reported opposition news sources Sunday.The YPG began firing on vehicles travelling along the Castello road from captured positions in Sheikh Maqsoud, reported Aksalser. The attacks killed three civilians and cut the final rebel lifeline from the northern countryside into opposition-controlled east Aleppo, reported opposition Shahba Press.

Rebel-Kurd fighting in Sheikh Maqsoud may have begun because of Kurdish plans to open up a crossing from the neighborhood into regime-controlled territory, a local journalist told Syria Direct.
“The Kurds wanted to open up a crossing with the regime in the neighborhood to benefit from trade…which the rebels refused,” Abu Hamza, who works in Aleppo, said on Monday. www.mesop.de