The Turkish Interior Ministry reported on Monday morning that joint operations with Iran had been launched
against he Kurdish PKK, the Turkey-based secessionist group that
Turkey’s government has been at more or less constant war against for
decades.
Iranian officials were quick to respond to this report, saying it was not true and that no joint operations are ongoing at all. It’s unclear how this substantial confusion would even be possible.
The operation was supposedly on the eastern border of Turkey, though
Turkish officials refused to offer any other details on the matter. Iran
didn’t offer much either except denying that they were involved.
Turkey intended to present this as the start of broader joint operations
against the Kurds in general, with suggestions that they could be
expanded into Syria to target the YPG. This is probably not something
that would interest Iran, as they are allied with Syria and Syria’s
government is on good terms with the YPG, and has opposed Turkey
attacking them.
Erdogan: “See America, we can not only be best buddies with Russia we can be best buddies with Iran!”
Rouhani: “… I’d like to move out of the way of new crosshairs but he’s stepping on my hem…”
Looks like Turkey’s going to be on its own when it comes to fighting the Kurds, since Iran wants no part of it. Iran’s only concern is the total defeat of ISIS and other Jihadist groups and the return of Syrian sovereignty.
As it should be. They’ve probably found the Islamic State’s receipts for Turkish chemical weapons. Erdogan is a snake.