Erdogan says Syria ceasefire must not include Kurdish militia

He directed his national security team to accelerate the U.S.-led worldwide campaign against the Islamic State “on all fronts”.

The Syrian government has said it accepts the terms of the deal on the condition that military efforts against Daesh and the al-Qaeda-linked al-Nusra Front continue. The United Nations announced the first high-altitude airdrop of 21 metric tons of aid Wednesday over the city of Deir el-Zour, which is under siege from the Islamic State extremist group.

The US earlier described the YPG as an effective partner in the fight against IS (Islamic State, formerly ISIS/ISIL) in Syria, but Erdogan said the idea that the YPG is supported due to its anti-IS fight was a “great lie”.

Syria’s warring parties agreed to a ceasefire deal on Tuesday, but the U.S. warned it would not wait long.

The PYD has claimed it is “not the enemy of Turkey”, Ricciardone said, urging the group “to act that way”.

Russian Federation and the United States have set a deadline of midnight today for the temporary cease-fire to take effect between the Syrian government and opposition forces.

It is also fighting a renewed conflict with the outlawed Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK), a Kurdish militant group pushing for autonomy in the southeast, and has been shelling Syrian Kurdish militia fighters across the border. The PYD and YPG, they fight against Islamic State and that´s why support them?

The agency said that Somer’s father had told police that his son was behind the attack.

“When it is a question of Turkey’s security, then the ceasefire is not binding for us”, he added.

The “vast majority” of armed groups eligible to take part in a cessation of hostilities in Syria have signalled that they will do so, a source close to the peace talks said on Friday. He was referring to the Syrian Kurdish group, the Democratic Union Party.

The Russian foreign minister, Sergei Lavrov, said no one could give “100% guarantees” the ceasefire would be implemented and called on the USA to end calls for Bashar al-Assad’s resignation as president of Syria.

The comments by President Recep Tayyip Erdogan suggested Turkey may not stop bombarding the group during the truce.

Kurdish members of the Self-Defense Forces stand near the Syrian-Turkish border in the Syrian city of al-Derbasiyah during a protest against the operations launched in Turkey by government security forces against the Kurds, February 9, 2016. “Believe me, I barely understand how clearly we can explain for our allies to understand that they are at a crossroads on this issue”.