The gnarliest problem: Pentagon report says Syrian, Iranian proxies are "most significant" threats to US mission, but the Islamic State isn’t dead yet, and Turkey and the United States still disagree on the Kurds.
Thursday, 21 January, 2021 - 10:45
Logo of Kurdish National Council (ENKS) Qamishli - Kamal Sheikho
The headquarters of the opposition Kurdish National Council (ENKS) in Kobane was attacked in the early hours of Tuesday, causing severe damage to the building and creating a state of terror in the neighborhood.
The council issued a statement accusing the Revolutionary Youth movement, affiliated with the Movement for a Democratic Society, of attacking the offices of the council in Ain al-Arab.
Head of the local council of ENKS Barkal Ahmed asserted that unknown gunmen threw two bombs at the building, then fired a round of bullets from machine guns. He noted that the attack damaged the building and shattered its windows.
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Iraqi peshmerga troops near the Syria border (File)
Masrour Barzani, Prime Minister of the Iraq Kurdistan Regional Government, has accused the Syrian Kurdish militia YPG of “aggression”.
Barzani said that an incursion by the YPG into northern Iraq was “a reckless, unprovoked attack” and a “clear and illegal violation of the territory of the Kurdistan region”.
I call upon our friends and partners in the Global Coalition to ensure that the YPG does not repeat this act of aggression. The YPG cannot be allowed to exploit foreign assistance to launch attacks on our territory.
Any repeat would be seriously damaging to regional security.