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Syria’s YPG: Turkey ‘Protects & Supplies’ Al-Nusra Camps at its Border

Syria’s YPG: Turkey ‘Protects & Supplies’ Al-Nusra Camps at its Border
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Al-Nusra Front's terrorists had planted their camps right next to the border and receive regular supplies from the Turkish side, Syrian Kurdish forces indicated.

Syria’s YPG: Turkey ‘Protects & Supplies’ Al-Nusra Camps at its Border

A number of vehicles coming through the Bab al-Salam crossing on the Turkish-Syrian border had been filmed, on the outskirts of the northern town of Azaz, partially controlled by Al-Nusra, according to reports.

"We can actually see here the important border town of Azaz, that Turkey is determined to prevent YPG from taking. Just a little beyond that you can see Bab al-Salam border crossing and a heavy flow of vehicles coming from Turkey into Azaz," a correspondent reported from the Turkey-Syria border.

"When we zoom in we can see Turkish military vehicles, probably around a kilometer, away maybe less. And just in front here's another small village that YPG say Al-Nusra uses for training," the report added.

"Beyond that we can see the Turkish flag flying, that's on the Turkish side of the border, and through there the YPG says they monitor a regular supply of weapons coming from Turkey to that al-Nusra camp."

According to the Kurds, after the terror group was excluded from ceasefire deal, al-Nusra had taken down most of their flags which could give away their location and summon airstrikes. However, the crew still managed to film some of flags flying above their positions.

YPG are unequivocal about Turkey's sponsorship of terrorist groups in Syria, an accusation which Ankara dismisses and counterclaims that its direct strikes against the YPG are justified due to its links with the Turkish-based militant group the PKK which Turkey has recently resumed its war against at home.

President Recep Tayyip Erdogan recently stated that Turkey has the right to carry out military operations not only in Syria, but in any other country, which is hosting terror groups that threaten the Turkish state. He alleged that Ankara's stance has "absolutely nothing to do with the sovereignty rights of the states that can't take control of their territorial integrity."

"On the contrary, this has to do with the will Turkey shows to protect its sovereignty rights," Erdogan added.

Turkish forces had been shelling YPG, which Ankara considers a terrorist organization, as well as government troops on Syrian territory since mid-February. The bombings of YPG targets, the military wing of the Democratic Union Party [PYD], had been underway despite the US, Ankara's ally, viewing the Kurdish fighters as a vital partner in fighting "ISIS".

There were reports of dozens of Turkish military vehicles crossing into Kurdish northern Syria, with servicemen digging trenches in the area. Turkey's "provocative" military buildup on the border and shelling of the Syrian territory could thwart the fragile truce and disrupt the peace process in the Arab Republic, the head of the Russian ceasefire monitoring center Lt. Gen. Sergey Kuralenko said this week.

The ceasefire in Syria, which came into force on February 27, brokered by leading world powers, including the US and Russia, was meant to pave the way to reconciliation between the Syrian government and so-called "moderate" forces, which would together agree on a peaceful transition in the country. Some of the forces in Syria, including "ISIS" and al-Nusra Front, are not subject to the ceasefire.

Russian aircraft continues to carry out air strikes against al-Nusra front militants to "stabilize the situation" in the regions north of the city of Aleppo, the Russian Defense Ministry said in a statement.

There were at least 31 violations of the Syrian ceasefire over the past three days, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said on Wednesday, adding that during the same period the number of local ceasefire agreements between various factions increased to 38.

Source: RT, Edited by website team

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