PYD-Sprecherin: Keine türkischen Angriffe auf Rojava mehr

Elham Ahmed, zuständig für Außenbeziehungen der kurdischen Selbstverwaltungsgebiete in Syrien, erklärte in einen längeren Interview mit Rudaw, dass die Türkei ihre Angriffe aus Rojava weitgehend eingestellt hätte. Zuvor hatte es einen von den USA vermittelten Waffenstillstand für die Region um Kobane gegeben. Derweil haben die US-Streitkräfte offenbar schon eintausend Soldaten abgezogen, unklar ist, ob ein kleineres Kontingent bleiben wird oder die Trump-Administration den ganzen Syrien Einsatz beenden will.

Elham Ahmed, co-chair of Rojava's foreign relations office, told Rudaw in an exclusive interview that Turkey has dramatically decreased its attacks on Kurdish forces in northeast Syria (Rojava).

"The situation now is better than it was before. There is calm, there are no hostilities, which is good. We view this positively and hope that it will be permanent and not temporary," she said on Wednesday.

Ahmed added that the United States has played a significant role in facilitating the talks with Turkey, stressing that the Kurdish administration is looking to establish a permanent ceasefire with Ankara.

"With Turkey, we want to agree on these key points: a ceasefire, de-escalating tensions, and ending the war,” the co-chair of Rojava's foreign relations office noted.

“What should progress, is advancing and is under discussion. For this [agreement] to be permanent, [which is] what is wanted, and what steps we can take together… discussions are taking place within this framework," she stated.

Turkey and the militia groups it supports have carried out attacks against Rojava’s de facto army, the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), for years. Ankara alleges that the SDF is affiliated with the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) - a Turkey-based Kurdish group locked down in a decades-long conflict with Ankara. However, the SDF denies the claim.