Syria's Kurds Have Strike An Alliance With Russia

Kurdish fighters from the People's Protection Units (YPG) walk along a street in the southeast of Qamishli city, Syria, April 22, 2016. REUTERS/Rodi Said/File Photo

Reuters: U.S.-allied Kurds strike deal with Russia in Syria-Kurdish militia

Russia is setting up a military base in northwestern Syria in agreement with the Syrian Kurdish YPG militia and will help train its fighters, the YPG said, a step likely to anger Turkey as it tries to block Kurdish gains in the north of the country.

There was no immediate comment from Russia or Turkey.

One of the major forces in the Syrian conflict, the YPG is also a military ally of the United States and is playing a major part in U.S.-backed operations against Islamic State in areas of Syria further to the east.

YPG spokesman Redur Xelil told Reuters the agreement had been concluded on Sunday and that Russian troops had already arrived at the position in the northwestern region of Afrin with troop carriers and armored vehicles. "It is the first (agreement) of its kind," he said in a written message.

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WNU Editor: The Turks are not going to be happy .... and this is not going to help .... Syrian Kurdish YPG aims to expand force to over 100,000 (Reuters).

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