Tehran: There was an airstrike on the military base, setup by Turkey in the Raqqa province, in northern Syria. This strike was carried out by a fighter jet, but it could not be ascertained as to which country the fighter jets belonged. This airstrike was carried out while the Turkish military prepared for an attack on the US-supported Kurdish organisation, People’s Protection Units (YPG). Turkey or the Syrian government have not published the details of the attack.
There is a big Turkish military base at Ain Issa of the Raqqa Province in Syria. The Kurdish organisation reported that a superfast fighter jet launched the strike on Thursday evening. Russian and Iranian news agencies reported this attack. But no media has reported the losses and casualties at the military base. This has deepened the mystery surrounding the attack.
Fierce conflict is going on between the Kurdish organisation YPG and the Turkish military in the Tell Abiad region in northern Syria. YPG is affiliated with the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) in Turkey. Turkey has declared PKK as a terrorist organisation and has termed the Kurdish organisations Peshmerga and PYD from Iraq and terrorist organisations. Therefore, Turkey launches attacks on YPG, Peshmerga and PYD along with PKK.
YPG is a mainly Kurdish militia in Syria and is a part of the Syrian civil war for the last few years. YPG had played an essential role in the US war against the terrorist organisation IS. YPG had even participated in the civil war, in Syria, against the Assad government.
But since the last two years, after Russian mediation, YPG has reconciled with the Assad government. In these two years, even the Syrian military has retaliated against the Turkish military attacks on YPG. Whereas Russia also has supported these Syrian actions. YPG has adopted the stand not to field a candidate against Assad in the recently announced elections in Syria.
Since the last few days, Turkey has initiated attacks in the Kurdistan province of Iraq. The Iran affiliated terrorist organisations in Iran and the Iraq government are criticising these Turkish attacks. These terrorist organisations have threatened to retaliate against the Turkish attacks. Therefore, Syria, Iraq and Iran seem to oppose the Turkish action against the Kurds in Syria and Iraq.
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