‘Syria will react to Turkey’s PKK hunt’

“If you implement a hot pursuit against the PKK militias in northern Syria, the government in Syria will react very differently from the Iraqi government,” Osman Bahadir Dincer of the Ankara-based USAK think-tank told AFP on Saturday.

Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan warned on Thursday that Ankara could strike the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) terrorists inside Syria.

He also stated that the strike is “not even a matter of discussion, it is a given,” in response to a question whether Ankara would strike fleeing rebels after an attack on Turkish soil.

The Turkish premier made the remarks following reports that the Democratic Union of Kurdistan (PYD), the PKK’s offshoot in Syria, had taken over five villages in the north of the country.

Dincer suggested diplomacy with Sunni Arab tribes in Syria, who he said have a noticeable influence on the Kurdish community in the Arab state.

“They have an influence on these people, so if Turkey can cooperate with these Arab Sunni tribes then we can cut the influence of PKK and PYD on the territory,” he added.

Erdogan stressed that he would consider creating a military buffer zone on the border with Syria.

“The fact is that PYD is not controlling all of the situation in northern Syria,” he went on to say. “On the ground they are currently working with the other Kurdish groups.”

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