Politics of the Democratic Federation of Northern Syria

Turkey considers every support given to the PYD and YPG as a direct or indirect support to the illegal PKK, the country's presidential aide said on Nov. 7.

Turkish forces killed an YPG militant who fired into Turkey from Syria, a Turkish security source said on Nov. 7, the most recent cross-border clash between Turkey and militants east of the Euphrates River.

The United States is concerned over Turkish shelling of PKK/YPG positions in Syria, an official said Oct. 31.

Four YPG members were killed after Turkish forces fired howitzer shells across the border into Syria's Ayn al Arab region, state-run Anadolu Agency said on Oct. 31.

Mourners carry the coffin of a member of the YPG in the town of Hajin in northeastern Syria, on October 29, 2018.

The Turkish Armed Forces on Oct. 28 hit YPG targets on the Turkish-Syrian border, state-run Anadolu Agency reported on Oct. 28. 

The United States is supporting the YPG in Syria but the group's presence in the war-torn country is becoming a threat to Turkey's national security, presidential spokesperson İbrahim Kalın has said.

Now is the time to completely clear the northern Syrian region of Manbij of Syrian Kurdish YPG militants and leave the city to civilians, Turkey's foreign minister said has said as Turkish and U.S. troops start training together to carry out joint patrols soon in the region.       

The U.S. State Department omitted the PYD/YPG from its 2017 Country Reports on Terrorism, which was released Sept. 19.

It has been claimed the United States has installed air defense and electronic radar systems in Kobani, which are controlled by the PYD and YPG and in the al-Shaddadi U.S. base in the Hasakah province, in preparation for creating a no-fly zone in northern Syria.