Politics of the Democratic Federation of Northern Syria

The Turkish presidential communications director has dismissed comments on social media by U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham about the country's newly-launched operation against the YPG in northern Syria.

Turkish jets destroyed YPG/PKK targets 30 kilometers (18.6 miles) deep east of the Euphrates River in northern Syria as part of Operation Peace Spring.

Turkey air strikes against headquarters of Kurdish units in northeastern Syrian, Ria Novosti reported.

Syrian news agency Sana reported that Turkey struck targets belonging to the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), Haaretz reported.

Turkey's national defense minister on Aug. 30 said the country needed direct confirmation of reports that YPG- the Syrian offshoot of the illegal PKK- withdrew from parts of northern Syria and destroyed some of their emplacements.     

Turkey will launch a military operation in Syria's terrorist PKK/YPG-occupied eastern Euphrates region, and it has informed both the U.S. and Russia of this coming operation, said the Turkish president on Aug. 4. 

Turkish defense minister has told his U.S. counterpart  over a phone call that Turkey expects the U.S. to completely end its support to the PKK/YPG terrorist group.     

Tens of thousands of civilians are being held in "appalling and inhumane" conditions in Syrian camps of the YPG- the Syrian offshoot of the outlawed PKK- leading to the preventable death of 240 children, said a U.N. official on June 2. PKK is listed as a terrorist organization by Turkey, the U.S. and the EU.

Turkey on July 2 strongly condemned the United Nation's "Action Plan" with the SDF, an umbrella organization manned mostly by terrorists from the YPG, the Syrian branch of the outlawed PKK.

Turkish security forces have "neutralized" 10 PKK/YPG militants in northern Syria, Turkey's Defense Ministry said on June 11.           

A Hungarian court has sentenced a married couple to two years in prison over links to the YPG/PKK, local sources said on May 17.