Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan accused the United States of supplying more weapons to Kurdish fighters in northern Syria this week, saying Washington had delivered two plane loads of arms to what Ankara considers a terrorist group, the Reuters website reports today (September 23, 2016).
Erdogan's comments are likely to add to the tension between Turkey and the United States over Syria, where Washington backs the Kurdish YPG forces against the Islamic State (IS).
Turkey is part of the U.S.-led coalition against the Islamic State but views the Syrian Kurdish YPG and its PYD political wing as an extension of Kurdish militants who have waged a three-decade insurgency on its own soil.
Kurds are seeking to establish their own independent state in Turkey, but Erdogan is strongly opposed to a Kurdish state. Consequently, Kurds have carried out several deadly terrorist attacks in Turkey in recent months.
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