Kurdish YPG Militia Expects Turkey To Launch Military Operations Against Them In Northern Syria

Reuters: Exclusive: Kurdish YPG militia expects conflict with Turkey in northern Syria

The head of the Syrian Kurdish YPG militia said on Wednesday that Turkish military deployments near Kurdish-held areas of northwestern Syria amounted to a "declaration of war" which could trigger clashes within days.

Turkey's Deputy Prime Minister Numan Kurtulmus retorted that his country was not declaring war but that its forces would respond to any hostile move by the YPG, which he described as a small-scale army formed by the United States.

The mounting tensions between two U.S. allies in northwestern Syria risk opening yet another front in the multi-sided conflict, in which outside powers are playing ever greater roles.

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WNU editor: Turkey is becoming directly involved in northern Syria because its alliance with anti-Kurdish forces has collapsed .... Syria war: Turkey 'disbands rebel battalion' as alliances collapse (Middle East Eye). If Turkey does launch military operations against Kurdish forces in Syria, it will definitely end the U.S.-coalition military campaign against the Islamic State in Raqqa.

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