In recent days, cross-border
Ankara sees the de-facto autonomous rule set up by Syrian Kurds as an encouragement to the separatists of the
...just another cheapjack Moslem dictatorship, brought to you by the Moslem Brüderbund....
-based Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), which has close ties to the YPG.
The village of Ashma is nestled in olive groves in the region of Kobane and directly looks out onto the
The streets of this village and others along the border are empty: "We can't even venture on the roof anymore," said Osman.
"We don't leave the house, the kids are scared," said the 38-year-old, standing on the steps leading to his front door, with his five children huddled around him.
Nobody can predict when the
... Turkey's version of Mohammed Morsi but they voted him back in so they deserve him. It's a sin, a shame, and a felony to insult the president of Turkey...said on October 30 that plans for an assault were complete and vowed to "destroy" the YPG, which he considers a terrorist organization.
One salvo punched a large hole in the second floor of Osman's house and several other homes in the village were damaged by
Five YPG fighters and a child have been killed in