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Syrian Kurdish party rejects Turkish demands, warns against intervention

Published: 14 Feb 2016 - 01:29 pm | Last Updated: 05 Nov 2021 - 10:14 am
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File photo of Salih Muslim during an interview in Marseille, southern France, on December 1, 2013. AFP

 

BEIRUT: The Syrian Kurdish PYD party on Sunday rejected Turkish demands that allied militia withdraw from positions near the border that are being shelled by Turkish
army, and warned that Syrians would resist any Turkish intervention in the country.

Saleh Muslim, the co-chair of the PYD, told Reuters Turkey had no right to intervene in Syria's internal affairs, adding that an air base shelled by the Turkish army on Saturday had
been in the hands of the al Qaeda-linked Nusra Front until forces allied to the PYD captured it last week.

REUTERS