EFFORTS OF EVIL, the US trying another devious wicked plot to overthrow Syrian gov't
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The US-led diabolical 'coalition' CLAIMS it is "helping to create a thousands-strong Border Security Force" in Syria using Kurdish SDF militias. Washington's obviously dishonest rationale for having forces on the ground in Syra, is branded "unacceptable" by the Turkish government, and is further straining bilateral ties.
http://www.foxnews.com/world/2018/01/15/syrian-regime-army-vows-to-drive-out-us-from-country-state-media-says.html
Some 230 new recruits are already undergoing training in the "BSF's inaugural class," the Coalition's Public Affairs Officer Colonel Thomas F. Veale told reporters of The Defense Post. The force will be stationed along Kurdish-controlled parts of the Syrian border with Iraq and Turkey, as well as along the Euphrates River valley. It is estimated to reach a total strength of 30,000, according to the official.
The move prompted discontent from one of Washington's key NATO allies - Turkey. The catch here is that battle-hardened Kurdish YPG units - part of the SDF - are viewed by Ankara as an extension of the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK). Continuous US support for the YPG has put a major strain on relations between the two states.
"The US, providing support to the PKK's Syrian branch, PYD-YPG, on the grounds of 'fighting ISIS,' is taking some worrying steps to legitimize this rebel [group] and make it lasting in the region," Turkish presidential spokesman Ibrahim Kalin said on Sunday, as quoted by NTV.
"It is absolutely not possible for this to be accepted," the official added, stressing that Turkey "will continue its fight against any [insurgent] organization regardless of its name and shape within and outside its borders."
The plan to establish the unit has been also condemned by Russian officials, who claimed Washington is pursuing shadowy goals in the region. "There's a clear equivocation here, I think it's an obvious attempt to reanimate the militants, who can flow from neighboring states, namely Iraq," said the deputy head of the State Duma's defense committee Yuri Shvitkin.