US faces choice between Turkey and Kurds - expert

The United States supports the Kurdistan Workers 'Party, or rather its unit in Syrian territory, but such support is contrary to allied obligations to Turkey, which, in turn, has repeatedly forced Washington to support Kurdish interests. This was announced on February 7 by the editor-in-chief of the Internet publication MK in Turkey Yashar Niyazbayev on the TV channel Russia 24. It is very often said that the fact that Americans now work with Kurds, but it is a tactical but not strategic solution. Temporary. As we can see, at some point it seems that they are missing out on their alliance when Turkey goes to ruin relations with America, Americans are turning back. But the Turks will probably not be seduced by this, Niyazbayev said. On February 12, Colonel Miles Caggins, a spokesman for the US-led coalition, reported that the US military had come under fire near a checkpoint at the entrance to Kamishli in Syrian Kurdistan, after which it returned fire. According to Major General Yuri Borenkov, head of the Center for Reconciliation of the Warring Parties, civilians were injured during the shooting, killing a 14-year-old boy and injuring another. The escalation of the conflict was stopped by the intervention of the Russian military, which led the United States convoy towards the base.