Syria’s state media agency SANA has issued a report today claiming they are providing both “direct and indirect” military aid to Kurdish factions within Kobani to help them fend off ISIS.
The report did not specify which factions were receiving the aid, and the PYD, the largest faction, rejected the claim as “propaganda,” knowing that the confirmation of a link to the Assad government would portray them in a more negative light with US and other coalition members.
Yet it makes total sense that such a relationship would be the case, as the major Kurdish blocs went out of their way not to present themselves as “rebels” against Assad, but rather setting up interim autonomy while the war raged. ISIS has been a primary enemy for both, and the fall of Kobani would give ISIS a straight shot deeper into Syrian government territory.
The SANA report was a government response to complaints from Syrian Kurdish MPs who accused the government of not being involved enough in Kobani. Their answer was to hype their involvement.
Good for syrian government and good for the Kurdish people no matter who they are or what the ideology, as long as they are fighting the saudis barbarians occupying Syria and Iraq. ISIS is not a terrorist groups or organization, they are the Saudi, UAE mercinaris, a military force created by Prince bandar, USG, the NATO and that Israeli/English Neo liberals fascism for people of Middle East to suffer. To kill the nationalism and democracy in middle east and that's because these governments are "friend" of saudis, a regime from the dark ages, a Stone Age regime driving Cadillacs.
I think this is a clever move by the Syrian government. Assad should consider secession of North Eastern Syria to the Kurds and form a coalition. This would benefit both and give the new landlocked Kurdish state access to the Mediterranian Sea. Many Kurds are Christians who would well fit in the secular Syrian society. The whole area would subsequently be cleared from ISIS.
Jason, you should be aware that a deal was struck in the summer btw Damascus and "Rojava" (as the Syrian Kurdish provinces are known) in which the Assad regime promised autonomy in return for support against rebels trying to topple the Syrian government. This is the major point of contention btw Ankara and Washington. Erdogan is aware of the wheeling-dealing of Assad and PYD/PKK and it drives him nuts. See eg. Pepe Escobar's recent Asia Times column on Kobani.