Syria Jails 400 in Crackdown on PKK

by Avi Yellin

Turkey’s state news agency Anatolian reported on Thursday that Syrian security forces have detained 400 people in five cities as part of an extensive operation against the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK).

Turkey has sought the support of its neighbors in the region and of the United States in its attempts to suppress Kurdish guerrillas [(sic.) terrorists in UK, EU and USA] , who have succeeded in killing more than 50 Turkish occupation soldiers in the last two months of escalating resistance. (For US position, click here).

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, 02.07.2010