(Zaman Al Wasl)- Syrian activists have accused SDF, a Kurdish-led alliance backed by the U.S., of looting the public and private properties in areas it controlled in the northern province of Aleppo.
Jaish al-Thuwar, key unit in the Syrian Democratic Forces, which now in full control of vast swathes in Aleppo, has looted houses of civilians in newly-controlled Tel Refa’at town and nearby villages, residents told Zaman al-Wasl.
Activists have circulated photos purportedly for trucks carrying furniture and electric devices, saying it were heading the Kurdish-dominated areas.
The SDF is an alliance of Kurdish fighters from the People's Protection Units (YPG) and Arab forces.
The SDF advances have angered Turkey, which accuses the YPG of being the Syrian affiliate of the Kurdistan Workers' Party, an outlawed group that has waged a decades-long insurgency against Ankara.
Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said Monday that a military ground operation in Syria by Turkey and Saudi Arabia is not on the agenda and any such move would need to involve all countries in the U.S.-led coalition against ISIS, Reuters reported.
Russian airstrikes were the biggest obstacle to achieving a ceasefire in Syria, Cavusoglu told a news conference in Ankara. He said the Syrian opposition, which said Saturday it had agreed to the "possibility" of a temporary truce, would meet in Riyadh Tuesday.
Jaish al-Thuwar, key unit in the Syrian Democratic Forces, which now in full control of vast swathes in Aleppo, has looted houses of civilians in newly-controlled Tel Refa’at town and nearby villages, residents told Zaman al-Wasl.
Activists have circulated photos purportedly for trucks carrying furniture and electric devices, saying it were heading the Kurdish-dominated areas.
The SDF is an alliance of Kurdish fighters from the People's Protection Units (YPG) and Arab forces.
The SDF advances have angered Turkey, which accuses the YPG of being the Syrian affiliate of the Kurdistan Workers' Party, an outlawed group that has waged a decades-long insurgency against Ankara.
Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said Monday that a military ground operation in Syria by Turkey and Saudi Arabia is not on the agenda and any such move would need to involve all countries in the U.S.-led coalition against ISIS, Reuters reported.
Russian airstrikes were the biggest obstacle to achieving a ceasefire in Syria, Cavusoglu told a news conference in Ankara. He said the Syrian opposition, which said Saturday it had agreed to the "possibility" of a temporary truce, would meet in Riyadh Tuesday.
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