Kurdish-Nusra Battle Becoming War Within A War In Northern Syria -- McClatchy News
GAZIANTEP, Turkey — Arab Islamists and Kurdish militants, two of the most controversial armed groups in Syria’s civil war, for the past week have been battling each other for control of key towns close to the Turkish border after the Kurds announced a plan to declare local autonomy.
The United States views both sides in the conflict, the Kurdish Democratic Union and the Nusra Front, as terrorist organizations, and the prospect of either prevailing is causing deep concern in Washington and Ankara, the Turkish capital.
Dozens have died in fighting and Nusra Front suicide bombings in what threatens to become a war within a war.
The Kurdish militia captured the border town of Ras al Ayn on Sunday, which had been under rebel control since last November. A day later, the United States said it was “very concerned” at reports that the militia was about to declare self-rule in northern Syria. “Such a declaration is highly provocative, as it will certainly exacerbate tensions between Arabs and Kurds,” Jen Psaki, a State Department spokeswoman, said Monday.
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My Comment: Talk about lousy choices .... accept an autonomous Al Qaeda region or accept an autonomous Kurd region. Talk about lose - lose situations.
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