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Turkey prepares to attack Syrian Kurds as they battle Daesh

Sunday, 18 June 2017 2:09 AM [ Last Update: Sunday, 18 June 2017 2:10 AM ]

Kurds wave flags as a medical helicopter, from the US-led coalition, flies over the site of Turkish airstrikes near northeastern Syrian Kurdish town of Derik, known as al-Malikiyah in Arabic, on April 25, 2017. (Photo by AFP)

Rahshan Saglam
Press TV, Istanbul

As a coalition of Arab and Kurdish fighters known as the Syrian Democratic Forces are advancing on the self-proclaimed capital of Daesh in Syria, reports indicate that Turkey is planning to use the Free Syrian Army in its battle against Syrian Kurds. The Turkish government has been training FSA militants to fight Kurdish forces for some time now. The aim seems to be keeping the Kurds far from Turkey’s southern border. Our correspondent Rahshan Saglam reports from Istanbul.

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