Turkey denounces US support for Syrian Kurds

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has lashed out at the US over its support for Syria’s main Kurdish group. The failure to recognise the Democratic Union Party (PYD) as a terrorist group was creating a “sea of blood”, he said. Turkey says the PYD, on which the US relies to battle so-called Islamic State in […]

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has lashed out at the US over its support for Syria’s main Kurdish group.
The failure to recognise the Democratic Union Party (PYD) as a terrorist group was creating a “sea of blood”, he said.
Turkey says the PYD, on which the US relies to battle so-called Islamic State in Syria, is an offshoot of the banned Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK).
Mr Erdogan’s comments come as Turkey faces pressure to allow in 30,000 Syrian refugees stranded on its border.