Turkey Killing ISIS Killers

Most of the day yesterday I spent conversing with my Kurdish friends on FB about Erdogan’s attack on the PKK that I have been very supportive of.

Jon

A Kurdish official on Monday accused Turkey of shelling Kurdish-held villages in northern Syria in overnight airstrikes. Ankara denied the allegation, but said it would investigate.

The claim complicates the already difficult situation in the region, as Turkey presses forward with its first direct fight against Islamic State in Syria and a crackdown on Kurdish militants in the wake of deadly attacks last week.

Kurdish fighters in northern Syria have emerged as a key partner to the U.S. in fighting Islamic State, but Turkey fears the rise of a Kurdish minority at home emboldened by the success of militants across the border. A Turkish official in Ankara said Monday that Turkey is not targeting Syrian Kurdish groups in its current military operations.