US Threatens to Cut Aid to Kurdish Units That Go Against Turkey in Afrin

Pentagon spokesman Adrian Rankine-Galloway told the state-run Turkish news outlet Anadolu Agency that any element of the Kurdish People’s Protection Units (YPG) that says "Hey, we'll no longer fight ISIS and we are going to support our brothers in Afrin" would cease to be considered a coalition partner.


"If they [US-backed units operating under the SDF umbrella] carry out military operations of any kind that are not specifically focused on ISIS (Daesh) they will not have coalition support," Rankine-Galloway said.

According to him, if "a unit of YPG says 'Hey, we'll no longer fight ISIS and we are going to support our brothers in Afrin'", it would cease to be a coalition partner.

Rankine-Galloway also pointed out that the US merely provides “training, advice and assistance” to forces that fight against Daesh, and does not issue direct orders to SDF forces on the ground.
 (Sputnik)
 24/1/18
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