With Syrian Kurdish leaders blaming the Turkish government for the uncertainty surrounding a deployment of Iraqi Kurdish Peshmerga fighters to Kobani, the Turkish officials today made it clear the Peshmerga can cross the border if they want.
“Turkey has given its consent,” officials insisted. Yesterday, Turkish officials claimed the Peshmerga were only going to provide artillery support from outside Kobani because the Syrian Kurds feared the Peshmerga would make Iraqi Kurdish factions too influential if they were directly involved.
A lot of uncertainty remains around a lot of issues, including the number of Peshmerga, with Turkey claiming the Peshmerga were ready to send 500 fighters but the Syria Kurds talked them down to 155. The question of if they’re entering Syria or not also remains unclear.
As much of the uncertainty is about whose fault it is, with Turkey and the Syrian Kurds trading blame over the situation, and Peshmerga officials remaining surprisingly mum on the issues.
Meanwhile, the Turkish Erdogan government make sure that ISIS gets what they need in terms of weapons and manpower from Europe to enter Syria fighting Kurdish people.
Such is the heart of the problem, no affection for each other, no organized effort to bond them as a society together.