Turkish PM: Syrian regime, ISIS, PKK made deal against Syrian opposition

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Thursday 15 Oct 2015 - 13:47 Makkah mean time-2-1-1437 (Image from Anadolu Agency) Istanbul, (IINA) - Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu said on Wednesday that the Syrian regime, ISIS and the PKK made an agreement in May to attack the anti-Assad opposition forces and share Turkey's border with Syria, Anadolu Agency reported. During a live interview on private Show TV Channel, Davutoglu said: "Daesh (ISIS), PKK and the (Syrian) regime sat around a table on May 28 in Hasakah (in northeastern Syria) and reached an agreement to attack the opposition". Davutoglu noted that ISIS and the Syrian Democratic Union Party (PYD) also agreed with the regime of Bashar Al-Assad during that meeting to share the Turkish border. PYD is a Syrian-based affiliate of the PKK and it is considered a terrorist organization by Turkey, the U.S. and the EU. His remarks closely followed the summoning of American and Russian ambassadors to the Turkish Foreign Ministry earlier in the day for warnings about the sensitivities regarding Turkey's position on the PYD and Washington’s military aid to the group, according to diplomatic sources. "Our message to the Americans, all allies and Russia is very clear: We will not hesitate even a moment [to respond] if the weapons aid to PYD so close to Turkish border becomes a threat to Turkey in any way and PYD begins to harm Turkey via infiltrations like the PKK or weapons transfer", the prime minister said. "At a time when the PYD is so nested with the PKK, which is attacking Turkey, nobody can justify the weapons given to PYD by a friend and ally, or a neighbor country like Russia", he said. The US media reported that Washington airdropped 50 tons of small arms ammunition and grenades in northern Syria on Sunday after effectively ending the failing train-and-equip program, which was supposed to train moderate opposition forces to take on Bashar al-Assad's troops. Davutoglu called on these countries to deliver weapons aid to the Free Syrian Army (FSA) and the Kurdish brigades in it instead, saying that such move will be a "justifiable action". "Let them come and stand as a supporting structure near our border that does not attack Turkey but nobody should ever dare to play double games. Nobody should think that they can put our stability under threat by harassing Turkey inside and outside," he added. AG/IINA