(Zaman Al Wasl)- The Kurdish autonomous administration banned Arab displaced families from entering territory it controls in northern Hasakah province as a top Kurdish official demands the U.N. to endorse a plan making Kurdish-held areas a safe zone.
The self-management forces, Assayesh, denied the entry of tens of displaced families to Ras al-Ayn and nearby districts, local activists told Zaman al-Wasl on Wednesday.
Weeks ago, Assayesh demanded the Arab displaced, who are fleeing the ongoing fight between the U.S.-formed Syrian Democratic Forces and Islamic State group in northern Syria, to have a sponsor from Kurds. But this 'racist condition' was canceled later, according to activists.
Meanwhile, the Co-Chairman of the Syrian Democratic Council, Elham Ahmed, proposed a plan to the U.N. through media outlets to make SDF-controlled areas the Syrian buffer zone instead of the planned Turkish zone.
Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said on Thursday that the Syrian Kurdish YPG militia, like Islamic State, seeks to divide Syria, adding that the country's territorial integrity must be preserved, Reuters reported.
"The aim of the PYD and YPG is clear, just like Daesh they want to divide Syria to form their own management," Cavusoglu told Anadolu Agency in an interview broadcast live on television. The PYD is the political wing of the Syrian Kurdish militia. Daesh is an Arabic acronym for Islamic State.
"As the international support group, our aim is not to divide the Syrian territory but to protect its territorial integrity," Cavusoglu said.
The self-management forces, Assayesh, denied the entry of tens of displaced families to Ras al-Ayn and nearby districts, local activists told Zaman al-Wasl on Wednesday.
Weeks ago, Assayesh demanded the Arab displaced, who are fleeing the ongoing fight between the U.S.-formed Syrian Democratic Forces and Islamic State group in northern Syria, to have a sponsor from Kurds. But this 'racist condition' was canceled later, according to activists.
Meanwhile, the Co-Chairman of the Syrian Democratic Council, Elham Ahmed, proposed a plan to the U.N. through media outlets to make SDF-controlled areas the Syrian buffer zone instead of the planned Turkish zone.
Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said on Thursday that the Syrian Kurdish YPG militia, like Islamic State, seeks to divide Syria, adding that the country's territorial integrity must be preserved, Reuters reported.
"The aim of the PYD and YPG is clear, just like Daesh they want to divide Syria to form their own management," Cavusoglu told Anadolu Agency in an interview broadcast live on television. The PYD is the political wing of the Syrian Kurdish militia. Daesh is an Arabic acronym for Islamic State.
"As the international support group, our aim is not to divide the Syrian territory but to protect its territorial integrity," Cavusoglu said.
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