Thursday, July 08, 2010

SYRIA: Damascus teams up with Turkey to fight Kurdish aspirations | Babylon & Beyond | Los Angeles Times

"SYRIA: Damascus teams up with Turkey to fight Kurdish aspirations
July 8, 2010 | 6:22 am

Syria-kurds2With economic and political ties cemented over the last 12 months, the Syria-Turkey alliance has now appeared to move on to the realm of security. Reports from Turkish state media say Syria has arrested around 400 Kurds with links to the Kurdistan Workers Party, known by the acronym PKK, a move by Damascus seen as ending a once troubled security relationship."

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