Turkey unhappy with Kurdish fighters’ victories against ISIS

‘Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has expressed grave concern over the recent advances of Kurdish fighters in the Syrian province of Raqqa where Takfiri ISIL terrorists are operating.

“This is not a good sign…This could lead to the creation of a structure that threatens our borders. Everyone needs to take into account our sensitivities on this issue,” Erdogan said on Sunday in reaction to the advances by Kurdish fighters.

The so-called Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said on Sunday that Syrian Kurdish fighters of the People’s Protection Units (YPG) are just a few kilometers east of Tal Abyad, the administrative center of Raqqa district in Raqqa province. Tal Abyad is an ISIL stronghold.’

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