MESOPOTAMIA NEWS : WHILE PKK FIGHTS AGAIN CONTRA ISIS WASHINGTON GIVES GREEN LIGHT TO ERDOGAN

Turkey Given Green Light to Shell Syrian Kurdish Territories: Source

Basnews English – 11/11/2018 – 17:19 – ERBIL — The Turkish army has received the green light by the United States to bombard the Syrian Kurdish territories in north of the country, said a source. Turkish artillery forces recently several times fired at areas around Kobani, Tel Abiyadh, Gire Spi in the Syrian Kurdistan. It has threatened to also launch another military operation into the areas of east Euphrates river.

A source with knowledge about the issue from the Syrian Kurdistan, who wished to remain unnamed for security reasons, told BasNews that Washington has given Ankara the green light for the cross-border shelling, hoping to give the Democratic Union Party (PYD) a warning message over its ties with the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK).According to the source, the US is concerned about PYD’s policies which are devised by the PKK while the party is maintaining close relations with Tehran.

“Turkey absolutely cannot bombard an area where the US forces are present if it is not given the permission to fire,” the source pointed out. “It was a message to the PYD, along with another one which came after the US put a bounty on three key leaders of the PKK.”

He further explained that even the joint patrols by the US and PYD forces on the border were not successful in preventing the Turkish bombardments. “The US vehicles were not even carrying a US flag,” the source claimed.

Earlier this week, the US Department announced that it had authorized the rewards for information leading to the identification or location of the senior PKK members: Murat Karayilan (up to USD $5 million), Cemil Bayik (up to USD $4 million), and Duran Kalkan (up to USD $3 million).  www.mesop.de