MOSCOW, 24 Aug. The United States is in a state of unspoken and undeclared war against Turkey, said Tamer Korkmaz, a columnist for the newspaper Yeni Safak.
The author was indignant at regular exercises of the US military with militants of the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) banned in Turkey. «They are showing that they are allies of the PKK, not Turkey!» he says.
According to the journalist, US Special Forces Commander Jeff Dennis recently attended a «graduation» ceremony for Kurdish fighters whom «he trained in northern Syria.» with the United States, which is actually its strategic adversary! Under these conditions, there can be no «new era with the United States» (announced by the head of the White House, Joe Biden — ed.),» Korkmaz says.
In addition, he reproached the United States for sending the destroyer USS Ramage to the coast of Cyprus after the clashes between UN peacekeepers and Turkish Cypriots in the island's buffer zone. Also, his indignation was caused by the statement of the US State Department that in 2024 the United States will not apply an embargo on arms supplies to Cyprus. duo of a western club against Turkey. We are talking about another clear example of the fact that the US is an ally for them and an enemy for our Turkey!» the observer concludes.
Last week, Anadolu reported, citing sources, that the US military conducted exercises with PKK fighters in the northeastern Syrian province of Hasakeh, which involved anti-aircraft installations and various heavy weapons.
Armed conflict with the PKK began in Turkey in 1984 and resumed in 2015. PKK bases are located in the north of Iraq, against which the Turkish Armed Forces conduct air and ground operations.
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