Turkish President Erdogan shoots 360 ° by clarifying his positions, at the base of the strong friction between the US and Turkey regarding the Syrian crisis.
As the major Ankara newspapers report, Erdogan, in a conversation with the American vice president Biden, would have sharply criticized the US choice to send three cargoes loaded with arms and ammunition for the Kurdish militia of the YPG to Kobani. The delivery would have taken place on September 20 despite the fact that Ankara had already tried in the days before to dissuade the White House.
According to Erdogan, military aid to the Kurds would be a double goal:
- helping the Kurds (considered terrorists by Turkey) means prolonging the war in Syria rather than resolving it;
- half of American materials would end up in the hands of the Islamic State.
On this second point Erdogan did not make clear the passage between YPG militia and Caliphate arsenals.
Ankara's position always remains the same: to include Kurdish militias in the black list of international terrorists and to remove their enemies from Jabhat Fateh al-Sham (Eg Al Nusra) considered necessary because they are at war against the Caliphate.
Right on the north-eastern front of Aleppo, ISIS would again be on the offensive against armed militias from Turkey.
Meanwhile, it has been going on for one monthOperation Shield in the Euphrates: Erdogan's goal is to secure 5000 km2 of Syrian territory to build structures suitable for refugees, which Ankara intends to expel from Turkish territory.
(photo: YPG)
