Security forces on Sunday seized a truck carrying arms, ammunition for the outlawed PKK organization in Al-Bab province of northern Syria.
Local security units received intelligence about the presence of weapons, according to a statement by the governor’s office in Turkey's southeastern Gaziantep province, which provides the Syrian town with consultancy services.
An operation was carried out and items including rocket launchers, anti-tank guns and sniper rifles were found. Four people involved in the transportation were also detained.
Ankara regards the YPG as a “terrorist” group tied to the outlawed armed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) group inside its own borders, and has staged multiple incursions into Syria in collaboration with Syrian rebels it backs to push YPG and ISIL (ISIS) fighters from the Turkish frontier.
Ankara now retains a large military presence in the area, deploying thousands of troops in the last rebel enclave in Syria.
Zaman Al Wasl, AA
Zaman Al Wasl
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