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US will not ‘give weapons to YPG’
U.S. Security Adviser Herbert Raymond McMaster confirmed that the U.S. will not give weapons to Syrian Kurdish People's Protection Units (YPG) in a phone call with the Turkish presidential aide İbrahim Kalın on Jan. 26 evening, state-run Anadolu Agency has reported.
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Another rocket fired into Turkey from Afrin lands in Hatay
One more rocket fired from Syria’s northwestern province of Afrin by suspected militants of the People’s Protection Units (YPG) hit Turkey’s border province of Hatay on Jan. 26.
Istanbul Greek Orthodox Patriarch lends support to Turkey’s ‘Operation Olive Branch’ in Syria’s Afrin
Fener Greek Orthodox Patriarch Dimitri Bartholomew has lent his support to the Turkish military’s “Operation Olive Branch,” launched on Jan. 20 to remove People’s Protection Units (YPG) militants from Syria’s Afrin district.
Turkish police bust PYD-linked archeological artifacts smuggling ring in Istanbul
Istanbul police have seized invaluable archeological artifacts smuggled from areas under the control of the Democratic Union Party (PYD) in Syria into Turkey.
US to Turkey: De-Escalate Tensions in Northern Syria, Focus on Fighting Islamic State
The United States is urging Turkey to de-escalate tensions over its military operations in Syria and focus on the fight to defeat the Islamic State militants, amid a growing distrust between two NATO allies, VOA reported.
130 soldiers wounded in ‘Operation Olive Branch’ brought to Turkey: Health minister
Some 130 soldiers who were injured during Turkey’s “Operation Olive Branch,” launched against the People’s Protection Units (YPG) in Syria’s Afrin, have been brought to Turkey for treatment since the offensive began on Jan. 20, Turkish Health Minister Ahmet Demircan said on Jan. 26.
Rocket from Syria’s Afrin hits Turkish border province Hatay, no casualties reported
A rocket fired from Syria’s Afrin by People’s Protection Units (YPG) militants landed in Turkey’s Hatay province on Jan. 25, according to a security source.
NATO chief says Turkey has right to self-defense amid Afrin operation
Turkey has the right to self-defense like all other countries, NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg has said, as Turkey continues targeting People’s Protection Units (YPG) positions in northern Syria.
Pentagon says it’s not in crisis with Turkey amid Afrin operation
The Pentagon said on Jan. 25 that there was no crisis between Turkey and the U.S. amid Turkey’s “Operation Olive Branch” in Syria’s Afrin.
US State Department spokesperson calls YPG ‘the PKK’
U.S. State Department Spokesperson Heather Nauert on Jan. 25 referred to the Syr,an Kurdish People’s Protection Units (YPG) in Syria’s Afrin as “the PKK [outlawed Kurdistan Worker’s Party],”a which is recognized as a terrorist organization by the U.S., EU and much of the Western world.