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Iraq's Kurdistan Peshmerga forces will be
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26.7.2012 |
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Syrian Kurdish leader Salih Muslim, co-leader of the
Democratic Union Party (PYD). •
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Female members of the Democratic Union Party (PYD)
patrolling a street in the Kurdish city of Qamishli
in Syrian Kurdistan (Western Kurdistan)
July 26, 2012
QAMISHLI, Syrian Kurdistan,— Salih
Muslim, co-leader of the Democratic Union Party (PYD),
denies reports that his forces have prevented Iraq's
Kurdistan Region Peshmerga troops from entering the
liberated areas of Syrian Kurdistan.
Several towns in Kurdish regions of the country saw
the peaceful retreat of Syrian regime forces last
week, in a dramatic shift in the 17-month revolution
against the government of President Bashar al-Assad.
The liberated cities are now being jointly ruled by
the People's Council of Syrian Kurdistan, a
designation of the PYD, and the Kurdish National
Council (KNC). The KNC and PYD agreed to share
control of Kurdish regions in a deal made in Erbil
on July 11, under the supervision of Kurdistan
Region President Massoud Barzani.
Speaking to Rudaw, Muslim said a delegation from his
party visited the Kurdistan Region to meet with
officials but did not discuss the issue of Peshmerga
forces being dispatched to Syrian Kurdistan.
“The discussion was about the return of Kurdish
soldiers who defected from the Syrian army and are
now in the Kurdistan Region,” Muslim said.
He added, “Peshmerga forces are our brothers and
relatives and we do not have any problems with them.
But Syrian Kurdistan does not need assistance from
the Peshmarga forces at this point and if the need
arises we will ask for their help.”
In a recent interview with Al Jazeera, Kurdistan
Region President Massoud Barzani said that defected
soldiers were trained in the Kurdistan Region and
would be sent to Syria to help with any “security
vacuum” that might emerge.
Muslim told Rudaw that if the Supreme Kurdish Body
decides the forces trained in the Kurdistan Region
are needed,www.ekurd.net
they can return to Syrian Kurdistan.
The Supreme Kurdish Body includes the PYD and KNC
and is expected to act as an interim administrative
body for the Kurdish areas of Syria.
The PYD, which has ties to the Kurdistan Workers’
Party (PKK), has military control over several
Kurdish towns that have been liberated in the recent
days, including Kubane, Amude and Efrin.
Kurds have now appointed a new mayor for Kobane,
signaling their readiness to run the areas they now
control.
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