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Turkey Challenges the Kurdish YPG: Stop Delaying Integration with Syria
Turkey demands the YPG disband foreign fighters and fulfill integration commitments amid ongoing peace efforts and security concerns, Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan said.
- On Wednesday, August 13, Hakan Fidan warned the YPG to stop “playing for time” and abide by its integration agreement, stating Turkey will not tolerate security threats.
- Amid Ankara’s peace efforts, the PKK destroyed weapons on July 11, but no reassuring disarmament steps have emerged, according to Fidan.
- Fidan highlighted that the SDF continues recruiting foreign fighters from Turkey, Iraq, Iran, and Europe, urging the YPG to disband them to end security threats.
- Amid unaddressed security demands, Fidan cautioned that Turkey cannot stay idle and warned that failing to meet those demands makes `maintaining calm impossible`.
- The Unity of Components conference on August 8 in al-Hasakah gathered over 400 figures, highlighting calls for decentralization amid stalled negotiations between Damascus and Ankara, Fidan said.
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Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan has urged the Kurdish YPG militia, which leads the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), to stop "delaying" and respect the agreement to integrate into the Syrian government.
Turkey Challenges the Kurdish YPG: Stop Delaying Integration with Syria
Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan urges the Kurdish YPG militia to honor its agreement to integrate with the Syrian government. Turkey, viewing the YPG as a terrorist organization, calls for an end to delays. Recent tensions and developments in Turkey and Syria impact the integration efforts.
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