US Willing to Consider Air Support for Afrin Kurds in N Syria.

The US military will look into the possibility of supporting from the air the Afrin Kurds’ advances in northern Syria against Daesh, Operation Inherent Resolve spokesman Col. Steve Warren told reporters on Wednesday.

“Right now our airpower is focused on vetted Syrian opposition and some with moderate Syrian opposition,” Warren said in a briefing. “We have not yet taken strikes in support of this group of Afrin Kurds, but it is certainly something to consider.”
Afrin is a city and a district in the Kurdish region of Syria, which is being blockaded by Syria’s Islamist opposition groups as well as by Turkey.

Ankara claims that Syrian Kurds have links to the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK), which is fighting for Kurdish independence.

On Wednesday, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Ankara will continue attacks on Kurdish fighter posts in Syria in response to alleged attacks by Syrian Kurds against Turkish troops...
[kurdishdailynews.org]
18/2/16