Syrian Kurdish YPG should stop delaying Syria integration, Turkey says

By Tuvan Gumrukcu

ANKARA (Reuters) -The Kurdish YPG militia, which spearheads the U.S.-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), should stop “playing for time” and abide by its integration agreement with the Syrian government, Turkey’s Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan said on Wednesday.

NATO-member Turkey has been one of Syria’s main foreign allies after the ousting of Bashar al-Assad last year.

The SDF, which controls much of northeast Syria, signed an agreement with Damascus in March to integrate…