Turkiye slams France over plans to secure northern Syria border in support of Kurdish militias

Turkiye has slammed France over its reported plans to support Kurdish militias in north-east Syria and secure that border region, telling Paris to focus on repatriating French foreign fighters detained in Kurdish-run prisons. This week, reports emerged that a senior Syrian Kurdish militia official revealed that talks have been taking place on the potential deployment of American and French forces to secure a border zone in north and north-eastern Syria in order to stabilise growing tensions between the Kurdish groups and Turkiye. Ilham Ahmed, co-chair of foreign affairs for the Kurdish administration in north-east Syria, was quoted by the French channel TV5 Monde as saying “the United States and France could indeed secure the entire border. We are ready for […]