The agreement with the Syrian Kurds Russia will establish a military base

Russia to establish a military base in northwestern Syria through an agreement with the Kurdish militia YPG which controls the region and will train its fighters in the fight against teroriozma, said Monday a spokesman for the militia.YPG spokesman Redur Xelil told Reuters that the agreement with Russia concluded on Sunday and that Russian troops have already arrived at the positions in the northwestern region of Afrin in armored vehicles long.

The move is likely to infuriate neighboring Turkey. Ankara believes YPG extended arm of the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK), who lead an insurgency within Turkey."Russia's presence has been confirmed in the agreement between YPG and Russian forces operating in Syria in the framework of cooperation in fighting terrorism and helping our troops in modern warfare and creating a direct point of contact with the Russian forces," according Xelil in a written statement.

"This is the first agreement of its kind," he added.

Turkey launched a cross-border offensive along part of the Turkish-Syrian border to prevent new developments YPG, which controls large areas of northwestern Syria and pockets of territory Afrin in the region.YPG is also allied with the United States in the fight against the Islamic State in Syria and plays a significant role in the offensive there with US support to urban stronghold of the Islamic state, Raqqa, a little further east.

"The agreement entered into force today," said Xelil, refusing to say how many Russian soldiers arrived in Jandaris, where the base is established.Jandaris earlier Turkish forces shelled the nearby territory of the origins of the border, he added Xelil.

• 20 Mar, 2017
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