Turkey Will Not Cooperate With The U.S. In Aiding The Kurds Who Are Fighting The Islamic State

Turkey Will Not Cooperate In US Support For Kurds In Syria, Says Erdogan -- The Guardian

* President calls Syrian Kurdish group ‘a terrorist organisation’
* US launches further air strikes against Isis at Kobani

Turkey would not agree to any US arms transfers to Kurdish fighters who are battling Islamic State (Isis) militants in Syria, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan was quoted as saying on Sunday, as the extremist group fired more mortar rounds near the Syrian-Turkish border and fighting around the besieged town of Kobani intensified.

Turkey views the main Syrian Kurdish group, the PYD, and its military wing which is fighting Isis militants as an extension of the PKK, which has waged a 30-year insurgency in Turkey and is designated a terror group by the US and Nato.

Washington has said recently that it has engaged in intelligence sharing with Kurdish fighters and officials have not ruled out future arms transfers to the Kurdish fighters.

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More News On Turkey Refusing To Cooperate With The U.S. In Aiding The Kurds Who Are Fighting The Islamic State

Turkey would oppose US arms transfers to Kurds -- AP
Turkey Says No to Arming Kobani Kurds -- VOA
Turkey Rejects Arming Main Syrian Kurdish Party -- Radio Free Europe
Turkey opposes 'IS,' but no arms for Kurds -- Deutsche Welle
Old rivalries keeping Turkey on sidelines of Syria fight, analysts say -- FOX News
Islamic State: Turkey's Erdogan Likens Syrian Kurdish Fighters To PKK Terrorists -- IBTimes
Unmasking Turkey's ISIL strategy -- James Denselow, Al Jazeera
What Turkey Wants in the War on ISIS -- Ibrahim Kalin, IBTimes

Update: This is a good point .... With Friends Like Turkey, Who Needs Enemies? -- Con Coughlin, Telegraph