Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet DavutoÄŸlu on Saturday called on the United States to give unconditional support in the fight against Syrian Kurdish militants, illustrating growing tension between Ankara and Washington over policy in northern Syria.
DavutoÄŸlu also said Turkey would tighten security across the country, especially the capital, after a car laden with explosives was detonated near military buses in Ankara last Wednesday, killing 28 people. Turkey says the Syrian Kurdish People's Protection Units (YPG), which the United States is backing in the fight against the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) in Syria, was involved in the bombing, in league with the terrorist Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK).
Washington, which does not consider the YPG a terrorist organization, has said it is not in a position to confirm or deny Ankara's charge the militia was behind the bombing. |