Turkey’s Erdogan calls for review of Nato over US arming of Kurds fighting Isil in Syria

urkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan threatened the US on Sunday over its arming of Kurdish forces in Syria, calling for a review of the Nato military alliance in response.

“At one side we will be together in Nato but on the other side you will act together with terror organisations,” he said in reference to the US-led coalition support to the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), which is dominated by the Kurdish People’s Protection Forces (YPG) Turkey considers terrorists.

“Those so-called friends don’t see any issue walking along with terror organisations who want to divide Turkey,” the president added.

The SDF is leading the battle to liberate the northern Syrian city of Raqqa from Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (Isil) and has been provided with weapons and training by the US military.

 

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