Kobani's
YPG Commander: We are ready for alliances that will
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October 25, 2014
KOBANI, Syrian Kurdistan,— The
Commander of the Kurdish Peoples' Defence Units (YPG/YPJ)
in the besieged town of Kobani in Syrian Kurdistan,
Mrs. Meysa Abdo, evaluated the decision of the Free
Syrian Army (FSA) to fight the Islamic State IS
group militants in Kobani, saying: “we are ready for
alliances that will contribute to the
democratisation of Syria. However, if the FSA wants
to support our resistance, it should fight ISIS
gangs in other areas controlled by them, not in
Kobani. That would be more useful.”
Mrs. Abdo added that the issue had come up after
Turkish President R. Tayyip Erdoğan said: “Rather
than the Peshmerga our first preference is the FSA.”
She said it was an unacceptable policy for the FSA
to be seen as an alternative to the Kurdish identity
of the struggle in Kobani. She added: “The Burkan Al
Firat alliance we have established in Kobani should
be taken as a basis.”
‘If the FSA wants to
support us, let them fight ISIS in the towns they
hold’
YPG/YPJ Kobani Commander Meysa Abdo continued: “If
the FSA wants to support the struggle in Kobani,
then hitting the ISIS gangs in places such as Manbij,
Tel Abyad,
Jarablus, Al Bab or Rakka, which they control,
would offer more support to our resistance, and
ensure they were taken from the gangs.”
‘Components of FSA are
already with us in Kobani’
Abdo said that they could fight together with all
forces in all parts of Syria against the savagery of
ISIS, adding that in Kobani they were already
together with representatives of the Arab people in
the Burkan Al Firat alliance: “in the last two
months they have fought and died with us.”
‘FSA cannot be an
alternative to us’
Abdo said that the Turkish government had
proposed the FSA as an alternative to the Peshmerga
going to Kobani, adding that this illustrated the
Turkish government’s attitude to their resistance.
“If the FSA’s declaration has the intention of
constituting an alternative to the YPG, then we will
never accept this. If the FSA is genuine then it
should fight ISIS in other regions.”
‘They can fight in Tel
Abyad’
Abdo said the FSA could go to Tel Abyad, which is
between Kobani and Cizire canton, thereby opening
the possibility of a corridor.
“We are ready for all alliances that will contribute
to the democratisation of Syria”
“We are ready for alliances that will contribute to
the democratisation of Syria, based on the
fraternity of peoples. “Kobani is part of Syria. The
resistance in Kobani will make a major contribution
to the democratisation of Syria. But those who wish
to make alliances with us must respect thewww.Ekurd.net
YPG resistance and the identity of the Kurdish
identity of Kobani. Our areas are Kurdish areas. The
FSA should fight in other areas and have the
perspective of a democratic Syria. We must act
together against ISIS and uproot it everywhere.”
‘If the Peshmerga come, we
will fight shoulder to shoulder’
Abdo commented on the decision of the South
Kurdistan Parliament to send Peshmerga, saying: “All
Kurdish forces have the right to fight in Kobani,
but in order to prevent confusion, they should act
in unison with the YPG. Just like in Sinjar where
the YPG, HPG and Peshmerga are acting in a
coordinated way. We will fight shoulder to shoulder,
not as two separate armies.”
‘The war will continue
until ISIS gangs are thrown out of Syria’
YPG/YPJ Kobani Commander Meysa Abdo also evaluated
the latest situation in Kobani, saying the struggle
would go on until the ISIS gangs are expelled from
the entire country.
She added that the gangs were attempting to
infiltrate the border area on the eastern front
close to the Mürşitpınar border gate, but that the
YPG/YPJ forces had succeeded in preventing this.
Abdo said: “The ISIS gangs are suffering heavy
casualties every day, but they bring in
reinforcements and continue their attacks. We will
not allow them take Kobani, and our struggle will
continue until they have been evicted from the whole
of Syria.”
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